Quality of Life and Related Factors in the Older Rural and Urban Chinese Populations in Zhejiang Province

Zhou, Biao; Chen, Kun; Wang, Junfang; Wang, Hui; Zhang, Shuangshuang; Zheng, Weihui

doi:10.1177/0733464810361346

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“…In answer to our other research question regarding the relationship of QOL with education, like many other studies (De Belvis et al, 2008;Devlin, Hansen, & Herbison, 2000;Goins, John, Hennessy, Denny, & Buchwald, 2006;Konig, Bernert, & Angermeyer, 2005;Lubetkin, Franks, & Gold, 2005;Luo, Johnson, Shaw, Feeny, & Coons, 2005;Ostir, Berges, Ottenbacher, Graham, & Ottenbacher, 2008;Tajvar et al, 2008;Zhou et al, 2010) we noticed a significant relationship between higher levels of education and QOL (although in our case only with the mental domain of QOL). This was an especially noticeable finding, in our relatively well-educated sample.…”

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Health-related Quality of Life in Retired Older People in Tehran City

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Population aging has become an important social issue worldwide and the biggest challenge is improving older people's quality of life. We aimed to determine the quality of life (QOL) of retired older adults in Tehran using the SF-36. About 321 men and 146 women, aged 60 to 69 (62%) and 70 or older (38%), participated. In the older group, the total QOL score was lower than in the younger group, but the older group scored higher in the mental domain. Education had a significant relationship with the mental domain of QOL, as did gender with the physical and mental domains. The income sufficiency state was significantly related to both domains of QOL. The findings can be useful in designing intervention studies that could eventually lead to application of strategies to promote QOL in retired older adults in Iran and other countries with similar sociocultural and economic backgrounds.

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Health-related Quality of Life in Retired Older People in Tehran City

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“…[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] Table 1 shows the basic characteristics of eligible studies. [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] Table 1 shows the basic characteristics of eligible studies.…”

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Status of prevalence study on multimorbidity of chronic disease in China: Systematic review

Hou

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Geriatrics Gerontology Int

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It is imperative to provide a more uniform method to improve the validity of prevalence studies on multimorbidity. However, the status of prevalence studies on multimorbidity of chronic disease is still yet to be confirmed in China. The objective of the present systematic review was to evaluate the variance across prevalence studies and to explore possible explanations for variations in China. Published literature was obtained from four databases. The studies that described the prevalence of multimorbidity on chronic disease based on the general population were considered. We assessed the risk of bias by a preplanned checklist referring to STROBE (Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology). The heterogeneity among eligible studies was estimated by I(2) statistic and P-value using MetaAnalyst software. Nine studies were eligible for this systematic review. The prevalence of multimorbidity among the population aged 60 years or more ranged from 6.4% (95% CI 5.1-8.0) to 76.5% (95%CI 73.6-79.2). However, just two of nine studies could be judged as having a low risk of bias. It was shown that key items introducing the risk of bias included inconsistent sampling method, lacking of uniform measure indices and data source based on self-report. Heterogeneity test showed I(2) = 50% (P < 0.001), which showed there was substantial variation among individual studies. Therefore, only a narrative summary rather than meta-analysis was carried out. Marked methodology heterogeneity exists among prevalence studies on multimorbidity. Suggested methodological aspects that should be considered in future studies include sampling method, measure indices of multimorbidity and data source.

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“…In China, 21.7% of rural elderly people have at least two morbidities, and 15.9% have three or more morbidities. 10 Unfortunately little is known about the prevalence of morbidity among elderly persons in urban Bangladesh. Distribution of chronic conditions and multimorbidity couldn't be known due to little information.…”

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Morbidity pattern and health-seeking behaviour among the senior citizens in a selected urban area of Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study

Gupta

loha²,

Roy

2016

SE Asia J. Pub. Health

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Elderly people suffer from different morbidities as the increase in prevalence of disease is proportionate to increasing age. In Bangladesh, the number of the elderly person is increasing with time. This study aims to determine the morbidity pattern and health seeking behavior among the urban senior citizens of Bangladesh. A cross -sectional study was carried out from January 2014 to December 2014 in different areas of Dhaka City. Information was collected from 384 respondents, aged 60 years and above by purposive sampling technique. The mean age of the study population was 64.7 (SD±5.7) years and majority (74.74%) belonged to 60-69 years age group. More than half (52.6%) of the respondents were female. Most of the respondents (71.61%) received institutional education; 51.82% of the elderly were still working; 63% of the respondents were totally independent; 11.74% were totally dependent; and 53.65% respondents belonged to joint family. Most of the respondents (96.8%) were suffering from at least one medical problem; the commonest was musculoskeletal problems (84.11%) followed by eye problems (81.25%). Majority of male (78.8%) and females (89.60%) were suffering from eye problems and musculoskeletal problems respectively. All the respondents sought treatment for their health problems. Majority (33%) respondents went to government hospitals for medical help. Most of the male (68.70%) and female (71.26%) can do their daily physical activities without any problem. Approximately 30% respondents did health check-up once in one year. Majority respondents took prescribed medications (69.27%) and were satisfied with their treatment (56.77%). The study findings showed that urban geriatric population had one or more morbidities and their health seeking behavior was poor, more among females. The study concludes with further emphasis of primary health care for the urban elderly people of Bangladesh. The health care service should be accessible and affordable to the elderly people.

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Quality of Life and Related Factors in the Older Rural and Urban Chinese Populations in Zhejiang Province

Cited by 54 publications

References 61 publications

Health-related Quality of Life in Retired Older People in Tehran City

Health-related Quality of Life in Retired Older People in Tehran City

Status of prevalence study on multimorbidity of chronic disease in China: Systematic review

Morbidity pattern and health-seeking behaviour among the senior citizens in a selected urban area of Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study

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