Association among activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living and health-related quality of life in elderly Yi ethnic minority

BMC Geriatrics

Research Article

Xiaodong Jiang¹  Mengqi Du²  Xiaolan Wang³  Baogang Li³  Hua Yu³  Lingyun Ran³  Hongqian Kong⁴  Qin Liu⁵ 

[1] Chongqing Three Gorges Medical College, Chongqing, China;No.1 High School, Kunming, Yunnan, China;Nursing School of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China;Public Health School of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China;Tumor Hospital of Yunnan Province, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China;

关键词: Health-related quality of life;    Elderly;    Yi ethnic minority;    ADL;    IADL;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12877-017-0455-y

 received in 2016-10-20, accepted in 2017-02-23,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of the elderly population of Yi ethnic minority, which is the seventh largest nationality in China, has been rarely reported. This study was designed to explore the HRQoL of the elderly Yi ethnicity and association between their HRQOL and functional abilities.MethodsA total of 291 Yi ethnic residents were randomly recruited from 12 rural counties in Yunnan province and divided into different age groups. Local residents in Yunnan province and the elderly from Hangzhou were enrolled as controls. The MOS 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), activities of daily living (ADL), instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) scales were utilized to evaluate the HRQoL and functional ability. One-way ANOVA was used to statistically compare the ADL and IADL among different age groups. The influential variables on HRQOL were analyzed by multiple linear regression analysis. Pearson correlation analysis was used to analyze the association among HRQoL, ADL and IADL.ResultsThe HRQoL of the elderly Yi minority was significantly lower than those of local residents in Yunnan province and the elderly counterparts in Hangzhou. The IADL ability of the elderly Yi minority was low, whereas they could perform most items of ADL. ADL, IADL, and education level were positively associated with HRQoL, whereas age, chronic diseases, and the frequency of medication use were negatively correlated with HRQoL.ConclusionThe HRQoL and functional capacity of the elderly Yi ethnic minority were lower compared with their counterparts in Yunnan province and Hangzhou. The low level of IADL indicated that the elderly Yi participants had a high risk of cognitive impairment. Much attention should be diverted to influential factors of the HRQoL.

【 授权许可】

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© The Author(s). 2017