EFFECTS OF MIGRATION AND SETTLED LIFESTYLE ON THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ABILITIES OF CENTENARIANS

 Poliakov O.A.,  Tomarevska O.S. EFFECTS OF MIGRATION AND SETTLED LIFESTYLE ON THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ABILITIES OF CENTENARIANS // the 21st International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) World Congress "Global Aging and Health: Bridging Science, Policy, and Practice" / Innovation in Aging, - 2017. - Vol. 1, No. S1. - P. 1094. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igx004.4011

EFFECTS OF MIGRATION AND SETTLED LIFESTYLE

ON THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ABILITIES OF

CENTENARIANS

O.A. Poliakov, O.S. Tomarevska, Department of Social

Gerontology, Institute of Gerontology by D.F. Chebotarev

of National Academy of Medical Sciences, Kyiv, Kyiv region,

Ukraine

The study involved 153 centenarians ages 90–105 years

(43 migrant and 110 settled) using test Mini Mental State

Examination. Mobility studied for the test, “Sit-to-Stand”,

hand grip strength - with the help of dynamometer, lifestyle,

degree of self-service - on the Barthel Index. Contingency

coefficient was used to assess the qualitative characteristics.

Quantitative characteristics were evaluated by Student t-test.

The results are summarized using the correlation and regression

analysis. The amount of self-service (by Barthel index)

in the migrated group was (71 ± 4)% and in the group do not

change their place of residence - (80 ± 2)% (P <0.05). It was

found association between the indices of cognitive capacity

in the migrants (r = -0.183, P <0.05). According to the results

of the MMSE, a moderate degree of dementia was observed

less frequently in the group of migrated centenarians than

not to change their place of residence in the group. In the

group migrated average MMSE scale was (21 ± 1) points,

non-migrant centenarians - (18 ± 1) points (P <0.05). Hand

grip strength of the right and left hands of migrants was

(9.6 ± 1.06) kgF and (8.7 ± 0.95) kgF, and non-migrant group

- (7.24 ± 0.5) kgF and (6.7 ± 0.41) kgF (P <0.05). Elderly

migrated subjects need greater amount of care and were less

self-sufficient than sedentary individuals of the same age.

In centenarians showed a trend toward migration, which is

largely questioned the paradigm of their preferred residence.

Objectives

The UN estimates that of the 175 million migrants around the world 120 million are labor migrants and their families. The migrants and the local population have a different status and, consequently, different levels of access to basic social services. This complicates the solution of one of the main public health challenges - overcoming the disparities in health in older age groups between migrants and the settled population. Due to the adverse socio-economic conditions in the Ukraine, some citizens have to change the place of residence in order to maintain the family's material well-being.

It is known that a change of residence negatively affects the protective and adaptive reserves of the organism. Population movements tend to increase the vulnerability of migrants in relation to health risks and expose them to potential hazards and increase in stress as a result of the change of place of residence, integration into new environments and reinsertion into former environments. One of the strategies to improve the health of migrants are the studies in order to assess their health and identify trends of change.

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