Quality of Life in European Older Adults of SHARE Wave 7: Comparing the Old and the Oldest-Old

Oliver, Amparo; Sentandreu‐Mañó, Trinidad; Tomás, José M.; Fernández, Irene; Sancho, Patrícia

doi:10.3390/jcm10132850

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“…Our findings suggest these measures of quality of life are applicable to older-old populations experiencing depression and anxiety. In line with a recent study [71], the emphasis on autonomy was especially evident in our findings as being central to maintaining a sense of identity, as well as self-realisation through engaging in meaningful activities, although pleasure was interestingly not highlighted by our participants as a main motivating factor.…”

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confidence: 90%

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Self-management of depression and anxiety amongst frail older adults in the United Kingdom: A qualitative study

Nair

Walters

et al. 2022

PLoS ONE

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Objectives Depression and anxiety are common in frail older people and are associated with high levels of morbidity and mortality, yet they typically face greater barriers to accessing mental health treatments than younger people and express preferences for self-managing their symptoms. This study aims to explore frail older adults’ experiences of self-managing symptoms of depression and/or anxiety. Design Qualitative semi-structured interviews, exploring experiences of depression and/or anxiety, ways participants self-managed these and the contexts within which this took place. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Participants 28 frail older adults in the United Kingdom, purposively sampled for neighbourhood, frailty and symptoms of anxiety/depression. Analysis Thematic analysis to inductively derive themes from the data. Results Our findings suggest that frail older adults find maintaining independence, engaging in meaningful activities, and socialising and peer support important for self-managing depression and anxiety. These could all be adapted to the level of frailty experienced. Drawing on life experiences, addressing the perceived cause and faith were helpful in some situations and for some personalities. Distraction and avoidance were helpful for more severe symptoms or where the causes of symptoms could not be resolved. Self-management strategies were less well-established for anxiety symptoms, especially when linked to newer health fears and worries about the future. Conclusions Developing services and sources of information that support and facilitate key therapeutic components of self-management, which align with older adults’ preferred coping styles and take into account levels of frailty, may be a way of supporting frail older people waiting for mental health treatments or those who prefer not to access these. Greater awareness of anxiety and how it can be self-managed in frail older people is needed.

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“…Our study is also relevant to quality of life models used in older populations, such as the CASP-12 [ 71 ], which places emphasis on control, autonomy, self-realisation and pleasure. Our findings suggest these measures of quality of life are applicable to older-old populations experiencing depression and anxiety.…”

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confidence: 99%

Self-management of depression and anxiety amongst frail older adults in the United Kingdom: A qualitative study

Nair

Walters

et al. 2022

PLoS ONE

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“…CASP-12 (control, autonomy, self-realization, and pleasure scale) is one of the most common internationally used measures for quality of life in older adults, although its structure is not clearly established [ 25 ]. This scale is theoretically driven by the ‘needs satisfaction’ approach to measure QoL in early old age.…”

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confidence: 99%

Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet Related to the Health Related and Well-Being Outcomes of European Mature Adults and Elderly, with an Additional Reference to Croatia

Maltarić

Ruščić

Kolak

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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With the increase in life expectancy, expectation of a longer healthy life is also increasing. Importance of consumption of certain foods is confirmed to have a strong effect on quality of life. One of the healthiest dietary patterns consistently associated with a range of beneficial health outcomes is the Mediterranean diet (MD). The aim of this study was to assess MD adherence in the population over 50 years of age, in Europe, with special reference to Croatia, and to assess regional differences and investigate the association with health-related indicators (disease incidence, body mass index (BMI), grip strength measure, control, autonomy, self-realization, and pleasure scale (CASP-12)). This research uses data from the SHARE project for the population over 50 years of age. The frequency of individual responses was analyzed (frequencies, cross tables, and appropriate tests of significance, depending on the data set), and logistic regression was used to connect adherence to the Mediterranean diet with health indicators. The results of the study indicate a positive correlation between adherence to the principles of the Mediterranean diet with CASP and self-perception of health, which the followers of the MD pattern predominantly rate as “very good” or “excellent” (37.05%) what is significantly different (p < 0.05) from individuals which do not follow the patterns of MD (21.55%). The regression models indicate significant changes in the measure of maximum grip strength also among MD followers (ORMEDIUM = 1.449; ORHIGH = 1.293). Data for EU countries are also classified by regions (Central and Eastern; Northern, Southern and Western Europe), additionally allocating Croatia, and the trends in meat, fish and egg consumption showed the greatest differences for Croatian participants (39.6% twice a week) versus participants from four European regions. Data for Croatia deviates from the European average also in terms of the proportion of overweight and obese persons in all observed age groups, of which the largest proportion is in the 50–64 age group (normal BMI: only 30.3%). This study extended the currently available literature covering 27 European countries, placing the findings in a wider geographical context. The Mediterranean diet has once again proven to be an important factor related to health-related behavior. The presented results are extremely important for public health services, indicating possible critical factors in preserving the health of the population over 50 years old.

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“…The total score on the CASP-12 scale ranges from 12 to 48, with higher scores indicating better QoL. Cronbach’s α for the CASP-12 scale in the SHARE data was reported to be a = 0.833 (Oliver et al, 2021 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

Network and solitude satisfaction as modifiers of disadvantages in the quality of life of older persons who are challenged by exclusion from social relations: a gender stratified analysis

Pavlidis

Hansen

Motel-Klingebiel

et al. 2022

Applied Research Quality Life

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This study examined from a gender-sensitive perspective the associations of exclusion from social relations (ESR) with the quality of life (QoL) of excluded older persons. Being satisfied with existing relations (i.e., network satisfaction) may be particularly important for the QoL of older persons with small networks, whereas the QoL of “network-less” older persons may be associated with their perception of solitude (i.e., solitude satisfaction). This study examined the moderating role of network satisfaction (NS) in the gendered associations between network size and QoL, as well as the gendered associations of solitude satisfaction (SS) with the QoL of older “network-less” persons. In addition, the comparative disadvantages in the QoL of “network-less” older persons with low-to-high SS, compared to the QoL of socially embedded persons with low-to-high NS were examined. Cross-sectional gender stratified secondary analyses of data from participants (N = 72.433) in the Survey on Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) did not provide convincing evidence that a higher NS is particularly important for the QoL of older persons with smaller networks. Among older “network-less” persons, lower SS was associated with lower QoL, comparatively more so among older women. Older persons embedded in a social network with low NS, as well as older “network-less” persons with low SS, have comparatively the lowest levels of QoL. It was concluded that the subjective evaluation of social relations and the subjective evaluation of solitude are associated with gendered disadvantages in the QoL of older persons challenged by ESR.

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Quality of Life in European Older Adults of SHARE Wave 7: Comparing the Old and the Oldest-Old

Cited by 21 publications

References 46 publications

Self-management of depression and anxiety amongst frail older adults in the United Kingdom: A qualitative study

Self-management of depression and anxiety amongst frail older adults in the United Kingdom: A qualitative study

Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet Related to the Health Related and Well-Being Outcomes of European Mature Adults and Elderly, with an Additional Reference to Croatia

Network and solitude satisfaction as modifiers of disadvantages in the quality of life of older persons who are challenged by exclusion from social relations: a gender stratified analysis

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