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01-12-2020 | Affective Disorder | Research article

Physical and psychological states interfere with health-related quality of life of institutionalized elderly: a cross-sectional study

Authors: Ilky Pollansky Silva e Farias, Luiza de Almeida Souto Montenegro, Rayssa Lucena Wanderley, Jannerson Cesar Xavier de Pontes, Antonio Carlos Pereira, Leopoldina de Fátima Dantas de Almeida, Yuri Wanderley Cavalcanti

Published in: BMC Geriatrics | Issue 1/2020

Abstract

Background

Nursing home elders experience many problems that may influence their quality of life, in example of cognitive, mental, nutritional and physical disabilities. Concerning about elders’ wellbeing may help them living with dignity. This study aimed to investigate factors associated with Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of institutionalized elders in a capital city of Brazilian Northeast.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted with 125 institutionalized elders living in the metropolitan region of João Pessoa (Brazil). The following variables were tested regarding their association with the elders’ HRQoL: Socio-demographic characteristics; Performance of daily-living activities, Frailty status, Cognitive status, Nutritional status, Self-perception of oral health and Depression status. Hierarchical multiple Poisson loglinear and binary logistic regressions analyses were performed in order to assess the impact of each independent variable on HRQoL, considering a significance level of 5%.

Results

The median of HRQoL of institutionalized elders was 64. Multivariate regression models showed that retirement, frailty and depression were statistically associated with poor HRQoL (p < 0.05). Not-frail elderly and less depressed were more likely to present higher HRQoL scores.

Conclusions

Lower HRQoL of institutionalized elderly is associated with decline of physical and psychological states. Institutions should be advised to plan and implement actions that would improve the HRQoL of institutionalized elderly.

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Title: Physical and psychological states interfere with health-related quality of life of institutionalized elderly: a cross-sectional study
Authors: Ilky Pollansky Silva e Farias
Luiza de Almeida Souto Montenegro
Rayssa Lucena Wanderley
Jannerson Cesar Xavier de Pontes
Antonio Carlos Pereira
Leopoldina de Fátima Dantas de Almeida
Yuri Wanderley Cavalcanti
Publication date: 01-12-2020
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keywords: Affective Disorder
Affective Disorder
Published in: BMC Geriatrics / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2318
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01791-6

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