Components and determinants of quality of life in community-dwelling older adults.
The objectives of this study are to detect the main components of global quality of life (QoL) of community-dwelling older adults from their own perspective and to identify determinants of health-related and global QoL in the same population. This is a cross-sectional study covering a representative...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Ageing Vol. 9; no. 3; pp. 255 - 264 |
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Springer Nature
Sep2012
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=82050444&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 82050444 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 16139372 3RAL jtl: European Journal of Ageing issn: 16139372 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep2012 vid: 9 iid: 3 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 82050444 10.1007/s10433-012-0232-x ppf: 255 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 228KB tig: atl: Components and determinants of quality of life in community-dwelling older adults. aug: au: Martinez-Martin, Pablo Prieto-Flores, Maria-Eugenia Forjaz, Maria Fernandez-Mayoralas, Gloria Rojo-Perez, Fermina Rojo, Jose-Manuel Ayala, Alba affil: National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid Spain Centre for Human and Social Sciences, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid Spain su: Spain Aging Attitude (Psychology) Mental depression Health status indicators Interviewing Quality of life Activities of daily living Cross-sectional method Questionnaires Research funding Scales (Weighing instruments) Visual analog scale Independent living Data analysis software sug: subj: Aging Attitude (Psychology) Mental depression Health status indicators Interviewing Quality of life Activities of daily living Cross-sectional method Spain Scale and Balance Manufacturing All other general-purpose machinery manufacturing Questionnaires Research funding Scales (Weighing instruments) Visual analog scale Independent living Data analysis software keyword: Community-dwelling Global quality of life Health-related quality of life Multimethod data Older adults Community-dwelling Global quality of life Health-related quality of life Multimethod data Older adults ab: The objectives of this study are to detect the main components of global quality of life (QoL) of community-dwelling older adults from their own perspective and to identify determinants of health-related and global QoL in the same population. This is a cross-sectional study covering a representative sample of 1,106 community-dwelling adults aged 60 years and older residing in Spain. The survey collected information on QoL through a face-to-face interview asking for QoL components in free-format, as well as the completion of two QoL measures, the EQ-5D and the Personal Wellbeing Index. The most important QoL dimensions, according to the participants of this study, were health, family, and finances. Depression was the main determinant of both QoL indices, while functional independence and social support specifically influenced health-related and global QoL, respectively. Based on the perspective of the older adults as well as on statistical analysis, this work emphasizes the importance of health, family, and social support as areas of special interest in aging. There was a discrepancy when comparing findings related to the importance of financial status. Results also support that global and health-related QoL share some common determinants, but with different weights for functional independence and social support. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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