Sains Malaysiana 52(5)(2023): 1523-1543

http://doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2023-5205-15

A Scoping Review on Determinants of Active Ageing in Southeast Asian Region

(Ulasan Penskopan Penentu Penuaan Aktif di Rantau Asia Tenggara)

SARAH SALIH¹, TENGKU AIZAN HAMID², RAHIMAH IBRAHIM², ASMIDAWATI ASHARI³, SITI FARRA ABDULLAH² & CHAI SEN TYNG²

¹Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

²Malaysian Research Institute on Ageing, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

³Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Diserahkan: 25 November 2022/Diterima: 14 April 2023

Abstract

Many developing countries face a rapidly ageing population requiring sufficient preparation to integrate various services for enhancing healthy active ageing. However, there is a lack of evidence on the comprehensive framework of active ageing and its overall determinants, especially in the Southeast Asia region. The current review sought to understand the main determinants of active ageing to predict the indicators of active ageing in the Southeast Asia region. A scoping review is conducted by reviewing English language literature published between 2002 and 2022 in three electronic databases, including Scopus, ScienceDirect, and PubMed, using MeSH terms, keywords, and inclusion and exclusion criteria. The review found a wide range of variables related to five determinants of healthy ageing in Southeast Asia. Participation in social, physical, learning, and labour activities is the most frequent and popular determinant of active ageing in Southeast Asia. Followed by health (health services and health status), perceived environment (neighbourhoods and housing), security (financial security, social status, and independency), behavioural (spirituality and lifestyle), and personal demographic characteristics, respectively. Overall, this scoping review contributed to the identification of comprehensive indicators ofactive ageing in Southeast Asia, including Malaysia.

Keywords: Active ageing; active ageing indicators; Malaysia; participation; Southeast Asia

Abstrak

Kebanyakan negara membangun menghadapi kepantasan penuaan penduduk yang menuntut persediaan rapi untuk mengintegrasikan pelbagai perkhidmatan bagi mempertingkatkan penuaan aktif yang sihat. Namun, maklumat bagi rangka kerja penuaan aktif yang komprehensif dan penentu keseluruhannya adalah kurang, terutamanya di rantau Asia Tenggara. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk memahami penentu utama penuaan sihat bagi mengenal pasti penunjuk penuaan aktif di rantau Asia Tenggara. Ulasan penskopan melibatkan sorotan kepustakaan dalam bahasa Inggeris yang diterbitkan antara tahun 2002 dan 2022 dalam tiga pangkalan data elektronik iaitu Jurnal SAGE, Scopus dan PubMed, menggunakan terma MeSH, kata kunci serta kriteria kemasukan dan pengecualian. Kajian mendapati pelbagai pemboleh ubah berkait dengan lima penentu penuaan sihat di Asia Tenggara. Penyertaan dalam aktiviti sosial, fizikal, pembelajaran dan tenaga kerja adalah penentu penuaan aktif yang paling kerap dan popular di Asia Tenggara. Ini diikuti dengan kesihatan (perkhidmatan kesihatan dan status kesihatan), persepsi persekitaran (kejiranan dan perumahan), keselamatan (keselamatan kewangan, status sosial dan kebebasan), tingkah laku (kerohanian dan gaya hidup) dan juga ciri demografi. Secara keseluruhannya, ulasan skop ini dapat mengenal pasti penunjuk yang komprehensif bagi penuaan aktif yang sihat di Asia Tenggara, termasuk Malaysia.

Kata kunci: Asia Tenggara; Malaysia; penuaan aktif; penunjuk penuaan aktif; penyertaan

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