In: Psychology
What were Rizzut and Fratiglioni (2014) findings in regards to lifestyle factors that relate to mortality and survival?
Rizzut and Fratigloni research regarding the association between lifestyle factors and mortality as well as survival is focused on the lifestyle habits of solely the elderly and its effects thereof; as they believed that there was quite a lot of literature available regarding the same with respect to young adults and middle aged group.
Their findings in brief allude to the following list of activities being beneficial and in positive corelation with the elderlies peoples mortality and survival rate: Physical activity, leisurely activity, healthy diet, alcohol intake of >0 g per day, and nonsmoking, and the maintenance of a healthy social support system/group. These mentioned factors contributed to increase in survival and mortality rate.
Their study was chiefly regarding the assessment of sundry llifestyle changes that could be made to propound heathy living and increase the rate of survival in the modern age of the elderly.