Factors associated to quality of life in active elderly
Factors associated to quality of life in active elderly
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10.1590/s0034-89102009005000030
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2009-08-01
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Ramos, Luiz Roberto
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Alexandre, Tiago da Silva;Cordeiro, Renata Cereda;Ramos, Luiz Roberto
目的：分析活跃、健康的老年人的生活质量是否受到功能状态、社会人口特征以及心理参数的影响。 方法：对 2005 年 5 月至 2006 年 4 月期间从圣保罗和圣若泽多斯坎普斯市（巴西东南部）两所开放的第三龄大学招募的 120 名活跃老年人进行了抽样调查。生活质量使用巴西简版《世界健康》进行测量。组织生活质量 (WHOQOL-bref) 调查问卷。社会人口统计学、临床和功能变量通过跨文化验证的评估进行测量，包括简易精神状态检查、老年抑郁量表、功能范围、单腿平衡测试、计时起立测试、六分钟步行测试、人类活动概况和补充问卷。进行了简单描述性分析、皮尔逊相关系数、非相关样本的学生 t 检验、方差分析、线性回归分析和方差膨胀因子。所有统计检验的显着性水平设定为 0.05。 结果：线性回归分析显示，老年抑郁量表测量的抑郁症状与 WHOQOL-bref 的四个领域之间存在独立相关性，但不存在共线性。没有婚姻生活意味着在社会领域有更大的认知；开展休闲活动和收入超过最低工资五倍意味着在环境领域有更大的认知。结论：在活跃老年人的分析模型中，功能状态对生活质量变量没有影响。相比之下，通过老年抑郁量表评估的心理因素以及婚姻状况、收入和休闲活动等社会人口特征对生活质量有影响。
OBJECTIVE: To analyze whether quality of life in active, healthy elderly individuals is influenced by functional status and sociodemographic characteristics, as well as psychological parameters.METHODS: Study conducted in a sample of 120 active elderly subjects recruited from two open universities of the third age in the cities of Sao Paulo and Sao Jose dos Campos (Southeastern Brazil) between May 2005 and April 2006. Quality of life was measured using the abbreviated Brazilian version of the World Health Organization Quality of Live (WHOQOL-bref) questionnaire. Sociodemographic, clinical and functional variables were measured through crossculturally validated assessments by the Mini Mental State Examination, Geriatric Depression Scale, Functional Reach, One-Leg Balance Test, Timed Up and Go Test, Six-Minute Walk Test, Human Activity Profile and a complementary questionnaire. Simple descriptive analyses, Pearson's correlation coefficient, Student's t-test for non-related samples, analyses of variance, linear regression analyses and variance inflation factor were performed. The significance level for all statistical tests was set at 0.05.RESULTS: Linear regression analysis showed an independent correlation without colinearity between depressive symptoms measured by the Geriatric Depression Scale and four domains of the WHOQOL-bref. Not having a conjugal life implied greater perception in the social domain; developing leisure activities and having an income over five minimum wages implied greater perception in the environment domain.CONCLUSIONS: Functional status had no influence on the Quality of Life variable in the analysis models in active elderly. In contrast, psychological factors, as assessed by the Geriatric Depression Scale, and sociodemographic characteristics, such as marital status, income and leisure activities, had an impact on quality of life.