Research Article
Positive Mental Attitude Associated with Lower 35-Year Mortality: The Leisure World Cohort Study
Table 1
Attitude questions from the Zung self-rated depression scale in the Leisure World Cohort Study, 1980s,
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| | Attitude statement | No response | None or a little of the time (1) | Some of the time (2) | A good part of the time (3) | Most or all of the time (4) | | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| | My mind is as clear as it used to be | 104 (0.8%) | 233 (1.7%) | 823 (6.0%) | 3139 (23%) | 9375 (69%) | | I find it easy to do the things I used to do | 156 (1.1%) | 969 (7.1%) | 3080 (23%) | 5214 (38%) | 4255 (31%) | | I feel hopeful about the future | 263 (1.9%) | 530 (3.9%) | 1438 (11%) | 3170 (23%) | 8273 (61%) | | I find it easy to make decisions | 124 (0.9%) | 444 (3.2%) | 1596 (12%) | 4198 (31%) | 7312 (53%) | | I feel that I am useful and needed | 178 (1.3%) | 594 (4.3%) | 1573 (12%) | 2895 (21%) | 8434 (62%) | | My life is pretty full | 157 (1.1%) | 540 (3.9%) | 1321 (9.7%) | 3286 (24%) | 8370 (61%) | | I still enjoy the things I used to | 120 (0.9%) | 514 (3.8%) | 1662 (12%) | 3374 (25%) | 8004 (59%) | | Quarters of total attitude (sum of scores for the above seven items) | | Q1 7–20 | Q2 21–24 | Q3 25–26 | Q4 27–28 |
| | All persons: those with no response on any of the seven items included in no response category | 657 (4.8%) | 2646 (19%) | 3421 (25%) | 2757 (20%) | 4193 (31%) | | All persons: if no response on any item that response recoded as 1 = “none or a little of the time” | | 3057 (22%) | 3633 (27%) | 2791 (20%) | 4193 (31%) | | All persons: if no response on any item that response recoded as 4 = “most or all of the time” | | 2789 (20%) | 3617 (26%) | 2917 (21%) | 4357 (32%) |
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