Gender differences in health-related quality of life among healthy aged and old-aged austrians: Cross-sectional analysis

Kirchengast, Sylvia; Haslinger, Beatrix

doi:10.1016/j.genm.2008.07.001

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“…Similarly, for women, we found other studies in which the results show that they have poorer physical health and higher rates of chronic disease and disability than men, as in the study of Kirchengast and Haslinger [15] with Austrian population or that of Sánchez-López et al [11] with Spanish rural population. In this case, according to studies carried out with Spanish [14] and Rumanian population [19], it seems that women with worse mental health express greater conformity to gender norms related to child care, romantic relations, drive for thinness, and the importance of attachments.…”

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Conformity to Traditional Gender Norms in a Feminized Occupation: The Influence on Health Behaviors

Sánchez-López¹,

Saavedra²,

Gras³

2014

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The object of this study is to examine the relationships between conformity to traditional gender norms and health in a special group of the Spanish population, male/female nurses. Nursing is a particularly good example of feminized occupation. Spanish male (n = 98) and female (n = 98) nurses matched in diverse sociodemographic variables complete measures of gender norms and health behavior variables. Measures of conformity to gender norms in female and male nurses are compared with those of the general population. The analysis of the inter-gender relationships and health highlights a clearly masculine pattern for men and a clearly feminine one for women. A detailed analysis of the scores in each of the scales reveals a pattern of illness in male nurses that is still masculine despite their lower conformity, as a group, to masculine norms, and a clearly feminine illness pattern in female nurses. The consideration of gender from a multidimensional perspective (the different factors that make up Masculinity and Femininity, as assessed in this work) has allowed us to study the relations between gender norms and health in more detail. Limitations and implications are discussed.

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“…Some studies [15] [16], in Austrian and Spanish men and women, respectively, find that being a man or a woman and gender roles both influence health levels.…”

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Conformity to Traditional Gender Norms in a Feminized Occupation: The Influence on Health Behaviors

Sánchez-López¹,

Saavedra²,

Gras³

2014

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“…For example, women are known to rate their QoL lower than men [26], which could indicate that women might need more attention and/or support during the rehabilitation process.…”

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Determinants of outcome of vocational rehabilitation

Siggeirsdóttir

Brynjolfsdottir

Haraldsson

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“…Entre los factores que se hallaron más asociados con la calidad de vida de los adultos de centros geriátricos, se encontró el sexo, en el cual las mujeres puntuaron más bajo en el valor promedio de calidad de vida con respecto a los hombres, a pesar de que esta situación es similar a lo reportado por algunos autores (25)(26)(27); incluso con diferentes instrumentos de calidad de vida, otros no han hallado diferencias en los puntajes por sexo (28). Estos diferentes resultados en los estudios pueden deberse a aspectos sociales y culturales de las poblaciones evaluadas (29), aunque otros aspectos que pudieran marcar dichas diferencias son los tamaños de las muestras y el nivel de salud de las poblaciones evaluadas.…”

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Calidad de vida de los adultos mayores de Medellín

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Introducción. Varios aspectos en el adulto mayor deterioran su calidad de vida, como son las relaciones familiares y de amigos, la soledad e, incluso, el mismo centro geriátrico. Objetivo. Explorar las condiciones asociadas con la calidad de vida de los ancianos en hogares geriátricos. Materiales y métodos. Estudio transversal de 276 ancianos de 39 Centros de Bienestar del Anciano de Medellín. Se excluyeron aquellos con grave deterioro cognitivo y los que no residían de forma permanente en la institución. La calidad de vida se evaluó mediante el World Health Organization Quality of Life of Older Adults (WHOQOL-OLD) de la Organización Mundial de la Salud; se utilizaron la escala de depresión de Yesavage, la de ansiedad de Goldberg, la de funcionalidad de Pfeffer, la minivaloración nutricional y, además, se evaluaron aspectos demográficos y sociales. La información se analizó con pruebas U de Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis, la correlación de Pearson y un modelo de regresión lineal múltiple. Resultados. El 59,4 % eran mujeres, la edad promedio fue de 79,2 ± 8,0 años, 71 % se consideraron independientes para realizar actividades de la vida diaria, 45,7 % presentaba sintomatología depresiva y 33 % mostraron riesgo de ansiedad, 28,3 % deterioro funcional y, 54,3 %, posible malnutrición. Se encontró una asociación negativa con la calidad de vida el ser mujer, presentar diabetes, altos puntajes en las escalas de capacidad funcional, depresión y ansiedad; el ir voluntariamente a la institución mostró una asociación positiva. Conclusión. Se halló deterioro en la calidad de vida cuando las condiciones de funcionalidad y autonomía limitaban la realización de actividades de la vida diaria, agravado por el hecho de ser mujer, tener sintomatología depresiva y de ansiedad, y sentirse maltratado por sus familiares.Palabras clave: calidad de vida, anciano, institucionalización, ansiedad, depresión. Quality of life in institutionalized elderly people of MedellínIntroduction. Many factors contribute to the deteriorating quality of life of elderly people living in care institutions. Some of these problems are a consequence of few contacts with relatives and friends, and being alone with a feeling of isolation. Objective. The conditions of quality of life are explored for elderly people living in care institutions. Materials and methods. In a cross sectional study, 276 subjects were selected from 39 long term institutions located in the city of Medellín, Colombia. The sex ratio was female:male 60:40% with a mean age of 79.2 ± 8.0. Elderly subjects with cognitive problems or not living in the institution were excluded. The World Health Organization Quality of Life of Older Adults (WHOQOL-OLD) questionnaire was applied; in additional, capacity and cognitive functional scales of Pfeffer, the anxiety scale of Goldberg, and the Geriatric Depression Scale of Yesavage were administered. Mininutritional assessment scales and complementary questionnaires about demographics, health perception, social support system were also included. The inform...

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Gender differences in health-related quality of life among healthy aged and old-aged austrians: Cross-sectional analysis

Cited by 92 publications

References 24 publications

Conformity to Traditional Gender Norms in a Feminized Occupation: The Influence on Health Behaviors

Conformity to Traditional Gender Norms in a Feminized Occupation: The Influence on Health Behaviors

Determinants of outcome of vocational rehabilitation

Calidad de vida de los adultos mayores de Medellín

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