Psychosocial factors and health as determinants of quality of life in community-dwelling older adults.
Purpose: It is important to understand the determinants of differences in quality of life in old age and to include a wide range of possible predictors. The present study investigated the determinants of quality of life in two groups of older adults for whom there was an unusually informative set of...
| Publicado en: | Quality of Life Research Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 505 - 517 |
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Springer Nature
Apr2012
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=104534040&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 104534040 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09629343 GPQ jtl: Quality of Life Research issn: 09629343 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2012 vid: 21 iid: 3 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 104534040 NLM21706382 2011484885 10.1007/s11136-011-9951-2 NLM21706382 104534040 ppf: 505 ppct: 12 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Psychosocial factors and health as determinants of quality of life in community-dwelling older adults. aug: au: Brett CE Gow AJ Corley J Pattie A Starr JM Deary IJ Brett, Caroline E Gow, Alan J Corley, Janie Pattie, Alison Starr, John M Deary, Ian J affil: Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, 7 George Square, Scotland, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK sug: subj: Health Status Indicators Quality of Life Questionnaires Aged Aged, 80 and Over Anxiety Psychosocial Factors Cardiovascular Diseases Psychosocial Factors Cognition Depression Psychosocial Factors Educational Status Female Grip Strength Human Interviews Linear Regression Male Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Personality Tests Psychological Tests Residence Characteristics Scales Social Class Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Female Male ab: Purpose: It is important to understand the determinants of differences in quality of life in old age and to include a wide range of possible predictors. The present study investigated the determinants of quality of life in two groups of older adults for whom there was an unusually informative set of possible predictor variables.Method: Participants were members of the Lothian Birth Cohorts of 1921 (n = 550) or 1936 (n = 1,091). Four facets of quality of life (QoL) and general QoL were measured using the WHOQOL-BREF. Possible determinants included personality traits, measured with the International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) scales; childhood and old age general cognitive ability, measured with the Moray House Test; minor psychological symptoms, measured with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS); physical health, assessed by grip strength and cardiovascular disease history; and sociodemographic factors, assessed by interview.Results: Linear regression analyses revealed that HADS depression had the greatest influence on quality of life. Personality traits, most notably Emotional Stability, also predicted quality of life to varying degrees, along with factors reflecting current life circumstances. There were differences between the two cohorts in the variables which predicted quality of life. There were different, conceptually relevant, contributions to the different QoL facets.Conclusions: Personality traits and minor depressive symptoms have an important influence on self-reported quality of life in old age. Quality of life may be influenced more by current than past circumstances, and this relationship may change with age. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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