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. 2012 Oct 31;2012:382972. doi: 10.1155/2012/382972

Table 1.

Instruments used for each of the WHO's active ageing model determinants.

Determinants WHO (2002) contents Assessment protocol “P3A”
Personal factors Biology and genetics
psychological factors
Psychological distress GHQ-12 [28]
Happiness QBE/F [32]
Cognitive functioning MMSE [25]
Personality NEO (Costa and McCrae, 1992 [31])
Optimism LOT-R [30]
Loneliness Loneliness scale (Paúl et al., 2008 [22])

Behavior determinants Smoking
Physical activity
Food intake
Oral health
Alcohol
Medication
Pulmonary function Peak flow
Strength Hand grip
Subjective health Health and life styles questionnaire (ESAP, Fernández-Ballesteros et al., 2004 [24])
Illness
Sleep problems
Subj. physical activity
Vision
Audition
Smoking
Drinking
ADL and IADL

Determinants of social environment Social support Social network Lubben scale of social support (Lubben, 1988) [27]
Violence and abuse
Education Education Sociodemographic questionnaire

Determinants of health and social services Health and disease Life satisfaction Inventory of life satisfaction (Fonseca et al., 2011 [34])
Health services
Continuous care
Mental health care

Determinants of physical environment Friendly environment Environment domain of quality of life WHOQOL Brief—physical environment subscale (Harper et al.,1998 [7], Canavarro et al., 2010 [33])
Safety houses
Falls
Absence of pollution

Economic determinants Wage Socioeconomic status (National Institute of Statistics)
Social security Income
Work