Preferred health behaviors and quality of life of the elderly people in Poland

Cybulski, Mateusz; Krajewska-Kułak, Elżbieta; Jamiołkowski, Jacek

doi:10.2147/cia.s92650

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“…Given the results, the comparative study of the QOL among the elderly is sought. The female majority in the sample is close to other findings [26][27][28]. Even given this reality in both scenarios, the gender was not significantly associated with QOL.…”

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confidence: 78%

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Health Demands Characteristics and Quality of Life in the Elderly Monitored in the Primary Care

Miranda¹,

Torres²,

Toscano³

et al. 2017

int arch med

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Background: To characterize the demands of health and quality of life of elderly people monitored in the primary care of Rio Grande do Norte/Brazil. Methods and Findings:This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study of a quantitative approach with elderly patients monitored by the primary care. The sample was given for convenience, obtaining 120 participants. The research was conducted through an interview with theapplication of the following questionnaires: Mini Mental State Examination, Socio-demographic Data and Pain Characteristics, ShortForm-36, Mini Nutritional Assessment, the primary activities of daily living, the instrumental activities of daily living, Prism 7 and the Geriatric Depression Scale. Data analysis was performed using the SPSS statistical program, in which descriptive and association tests were used. Results:The main demands were related to functionality, followed by nutritional and geriatric depression. The quality of life presented worse results in the domain of general health status and better scores in the emotional and mental health aspects. Regarding the dimensions, the physical health obtained aworse score. Conclusion:Based on the found characterization of the health demands, it is suggested to perform other studies with the same population, enabling to plan and implementing a multidimensional intervention and improving the quality of life of the elderly people.

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confidence: 78%

“…In Poland, an investigation into family emotional support highlighted the significant difference for non-institutionalized elderly people [27]. In this study, there was asimilarity between elderly people who have and those who does not have companionship.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 62%

Health Demands Characteristics and Quality of Life in the Elderly Monitored in the Primary Care

Miranda¹,

Torres²,

Toscano³

et al. 2017

int arch med

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“…This finding may be related to better support of elderly people by their families in their own homes. Another study has shown that greater life satisfaction is associated with receiving more family support (33).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Quality of life in Iranian elderly population using the SF-36 questionnaire: systematic review and meta-analysis

Doosti-Irani

Nedjat

Cheraghi

et al. 2018

East Mediterr Health J

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Background: Ageing is a major known risk factor that is a threat to human health. To date, many studies have investigated quality of life (QOL) among the elderly population in the Islamic Republic of Iran. However, their results were inconsistent. Aims: We designed this systematic review and meta-analysis to estimate the overall mean score of QOL based on the Short Form 36 Health Survey Questionnaire (SF-36) among the Iranian elderly population. Methods: We searched international databases (Medline, Scopus and Science Direct) and national databases (Science In-formation Database, MagIran, IranMedex and Irandoc) up to February 2015. We included all cross-sectional studies that evaluated QOL among the Iranian elderly population using SF-36. Results: Of 2150 studies identified, 15 were included in the meta-analysis. The mean scores for QOL in the 8 scales were: 47.58, 51.75, 55.42, 55.78, 59.55, 51.54, 47.85 and 51.31 for physical-role, physical function, mental health, bodily pain, social functioning, emotional-role, general health, and vitality, respectively. Conclusions: Our results indicated that health-related QOL decreased with increasing age. QOL was worse in women than in men, especially in physical-role and general health scales. Elderly people who lived in a nursing home had lower QOL than those who lived in their own home. So, health policy-makers should design comprehensive programmes to improve health-related QOL for the Iranian elderly population. Keywords: ageing, elderly, quality of life, SF-36, Islamic Republic of Iran. Citation: Doosti-Irani A, Nedjat S, Nedjat S, Cheraghi P and Cheraghi Z. Quality of life in Iranian elderly population using the SF-36 questionnaire: systematic review and meta-analysis. East Mediterr Health J. 2018;24(11):

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“…Not following a healthy lifestyle is a risk factor of modern civilization diseases because the health of an individual is mainly determined by their individual health behaviours [26,28]. It is estimated that the main cause of death in developing and developed countries are cardiovascular diseases [4,13].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A properly shaped, healthy way of life improves the health of the individual, and consequently, the health of the population. Lifestyle is considered to be the main factor as it determines health in over 50% [28,29,30].…”

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Factors determining health behaviours of the 50+ population with cardiovascular diseases

Gąska¹,

Sygit²,

Cipora³

et al. 2020

Ann Agric Environ Med.

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Introduction. The biggest threat to life are cardiovascular diseases which are a serious problem in Poland, Europe, and worldwide. Therefore, it has become important to have proper health behaviours which significantly eliminate the occurrence and development of cardiovascular diseases. Objective. The main aim of this study is to present factors that determine health behaviours of the 50+ population with cardiovascular diseases. Materials and metod. The study was carried out among 411 individuals aged over 50 with cardiovascular diseases. The method used was a diagnostic survey. The study involved an authors' survey questionnaire and the Inventory of Health-Related Behaviours (IHB). A detailed statistical analysis was carried out in the R programme, version 3.5.1. Results. The most common disease in the study group was coronary heart disease -63.75%. The majority of respondents showed (via Inventory of Health-Related Behaviour [IHB]) that the level of their health behaviours was moderate -41.12%; the highest level of health behaviours in the study group were related to health practices, while a slightly lower level was observed in the area of positive mental attitude. Statistical significance was also found between the level of intensity of health behaviours and age, gender, BMI, place of residence, education, professional activity and marital status of the respondents. Conclusions. Anti-health behaviours were predominant among the respondents; significant demographic and social factors determining health behaviour were determined, such as age and gender; a high level of health behaviours was found in the group of women with higher education and correct body mass, living in cities and married.

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Preferred health behaviors and quality of life of the elderly people in Poland

Cited by 19 publications

References 17 publications

Health Demands Characteristics and Quality of Life in the Elderly Monitored in the Primary Care

Health Demands Characteristics and Quality of Life in the Elderly Monitored in the Primary Care

Quality of life in Iranian elderly population using the SF-36 questionnaire: systematic review and meta-analysis

Factors determining health behaviours of the 50+ population with cardiovascular diseases

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