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

BMC Geriatrics

Leopoldina de Fátima Dantas de Almeida¹  Yuri Wanderley Cavalcanti¹  Antonio Carlos Pereira²  Rayssa Lucena Wanderley³  Luiza de Almeida Souto Montenegro³  Ilky Pollansky Silva e Farias³  Jannerson Cesar Xavier de Pontes³ 

[1] Department of Clinical and Social Dentistry, Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), Campus I, Cidade Universitária, 58051-900, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil;Department of Social Dentistry, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas (FOP-UNICAMP), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil;Graduate Program in Dentistry, Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, PB, Brazil;

关键词: Quality of life;    Institutionalization;    Aged;    Frail elderly;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12877-020-01791-6

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundNursing 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.MethodsA 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%.ResultsThe 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.ConclusionsLower 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.

【 授权许可】

CC BY