Subjective well-being in older adults

Abstract

Subjective well-being constitutes an emerging and attractive element in the knowledge of the situation of older adults for formulating national health policies. The objective of this study is to determine the dimensions of the level of subjective mental well-being in a population of older adults in a Colombian city. The methodology consisted of the application of the PERMA Profile by Butler and Kern (2016), which measures the five pillars of well-being expressed in a questionnaire applied to 421 older adults in a Colombian municipality. The results indicate that there are few differences in the levels of well-being reported by the respondents. It is concluded that gender was not a determining factor in the behavior of the average values assigned by the respondents to questions about their well-being.