Quality of Life of the Elderly Receiving Old Age Pension in Lesotho

Mugomeri, Eltony; Chatanga, Peter; Khetheng, Ts’ele; Dhemba, Jotham

doi:10.1080/08959420.2017.1328952

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“…Out of the 18 studies included, nine studies (50%) used a cross-sectional design [ 12 , 21 , 23 , 24 , 26 , 28 – 30 ] while eight studies (44%) performed a secondary data analysis of collected cross-sectional or longitudinal data [ 14 – 20 , 22 ] and one study (6%) used a longitudinal design [ 27 ].…”

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“… Angola Cross sectional study • n = 1003 • 65.4% females • Age > 60 years Long-term care facilities SWLS 11 Van Biljon et al, 2015 [ 24 ] A partial validation of the WHOQOL-OLD in a sample of older people in South Africa South- Africa Cross sectional study • n = 176 • 71.6% female • Age > 60 years Long Term Facilities WHOQOL-OLD 12 Akosile et al, 2018 [ 25 ] Depression, functional disability and quality of life among Nigerian older adults: Prevalences and relationships. Nigeria Cross sectional study • n = 206 • 56.3% female • Age > 65 years Community WHOQOL-OLD 13 Mugomeri et al, 2017 [ 26 ] Quality of Life of the Elderly Receiving Old Age Pension in Lesotho. Lesotho Cross sectional study • n = 385 • Age > 70 years Community WHOQOL-BREF 14 Gureje et.al 2010 [ 27 ] Determinants of quality of life of elderly Nigerians: results from the Ibadan Study of Ageing Nigeria Longitudinal study • n = 2175 • Age > 65 years Community WHOQOL-BREF 15 Akosile et al, 2014 [ 28 ] Fear of Falling and Quality of Life of Apparently-Healthy Elderly Individuals from a Nigerian Population Nigeria Cross sectional study • n = 261 • 49.8% female • Age > 65 years Community SF-36 16 Ogunyemi et al, 2018 [ 29 ] Health-Related Quality of Life of the Elderly in Institutional Care and Non-Institutional Care in Southwestern Nigeria: A Comparative Study.…”

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Instruments used to assess quality of life of older adults in African countries: a scoping review

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Background Over 60% of the population in sub-Saharan Africa, live in informal settlements (slums) with little or no resources. To be prepared to meet the needs of older people living in slums, it is necessary to know more about their quality of life (QoL). The objective of this review is to identify instruments, which can be used by researchers to assess the QoL of older adults living in African countries, especially those dwelling in slums. Methods A scoping review was performed using the databases Scopus, PubMed, and ISI Web of Science to retrieve studies published from January 2008 – September 2020. Studies were included if they reported generic QoL instruments, focused on adults with a mean age ≥ 50 and were conducted in African countries. Results In total, 18 studies were included using 7 unique instruments to measure QoL (EUROHIS-QOL-8, SWLS, WHOQOL-OLD, the WHOQOL-BREF, SF-36, SF-12 and RAND-38). All instruments could be interviewer-administered and had 5–36 items. However, little is known about their psychometric properties (validity and reliability), time-investment and cultural sensitivity of the domains included in the instruments. Conclusions Even though this review retrieved instruments used to assess QoL of older adults in African countries, there is a need for further research on adjustment and validation of currently existing QoL instruments. In addition, the development and validation of a new instrument which can be used in (illiterate) older populations, living in slums in Africa should be considered.

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Instruments used to assess quality of life of older adults in African countries: a scoping review

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“…Unconditional cash transfers, such as old-age pensions, were also common, including in low- and middle-income countries (5, 198). Older women who received pensions had fewer missed meals (199), although evidence was mixed (200). In South Africa, granddaughters who cohabitated with women who received pensions had improved anthropometric measures and fewer missed meals, indicating spillover effects of pension transfers (199, 201).…”

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Who is the Woman in Women’s Nutrition? A Narrative Review of Evidence and Actions to Support Women’s Nutrition throughout Life

Fox

Davis

Downs

et al. 2019

Current Developments in Nutrition

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Nutrition interventions that target mothers alone inadequately address women's needs across their lives: during adolescence, preconception, and in later years of life. They also fail to capture nulliparous women. The extent to which nutrition interventions effectively reach women throughout the life course is not well documented. In this comprehensive narrative review, we summarized the impact and delivery platforms of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions targeting adolescent girls, women of reproductive age (nonpregnant, nonlactating), pregnant and lactating women, women with young children <5 y, and older women, with a focus on nutrition interventions delivered in low- and middle-income countries. We found that although there were many effective interventions that targeted women's nutrition, they largely targeted women who were pregnant and lactating or with young children. There were major gaps in the targeting of interventions to older women. For the delivery platforms, community-based settings, compared with facility-based settings, more equitably reached women across the life course, including adolescents, women of reproductive age, and older women. Nutrition-sensitive approaches were more often delivered in community-based settings; however, the evidence of their impact on women's nutritional outcomes was less clear. We also found major research and programming gaps relative to targeting overweight, obesity, and noncommunicable disease. We conclude that focused efforts on women during pregnancy and in the first couple of years postpartum fail to address the interrelation and compounding nature of nutritional disadvantages that are perpetuated across many women's lives. In order for policies and interventions to more effectively address inequities faced by women, and not only women as mothers, it is essential that they reflect on how, when, and where to engage with women across the life course.

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“…According to 8 studies providing figures on reliability, 5 instruments had a Cronbach's Alpha score of ≥0.7 (the SWLS (n = 3), the SF-12 (n = 1) and the WHOQOL-OLD (n = 1)), The study of Mugomeri et al [32], using the WHOQOL-BREF reported reliability of 0.68 and the study of Hamren et al [34] did not report on reliability of the full CASP-12 but on its subscales. Reliability of the subscales varied from 0.63 to 0.76.…”

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“…In the remaining nine studies, the instruments were administered without need for translation, because either a translated form pre-existed or mode of administration was in English language. Lastly, in nine studies (using the WHOQOL, WHO-SAGE-INDEPTH, WHOQOL-OLD, SWLS, CASP-12 and EQ-6D) researchers removed or rephrase original phrases of the instruments and inserted statements that would be familiar to the population in question [14,22,21,30,31,32,33,34].…”

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Instruments for assessing quality of life among older adults in African countries: a scoping review

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Everink

Halfens

et al. 2019

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Background Over 60% of the population in sub-Saharan Africa lives in informal settlements (slums) with little or no resources. To be prepared to meet the needs of older people living in slums, it is necessary to know more about their quality of life (QoL). The objective of this review is to identify instruments, which can be used by researchers to assess the QoL of older adults living in African countries, especially those dwelling in slums.Methods A scoping review was performed using the databases Scopus, PubMed, and ISI Web of Science to retrieve studies published between January 2008 – February 2019. Studies were included if they reported generic QoL instruments, focused on adults with a mean age ≥50 and were conducted in African countries.Results In total, 22 studies were included using 14 unique instruments to measure QoL (WHOQOL, SWLS, WHOQOL-OLD, the WHOQOL-BREF, SF-36, SF-12, RAND 36, WHO-SAGE-INDEPTH, CASP-19, CASP-12, the EQ-5D+C, EQ-6D, CAF and the adapted AMS). Almost all instruments could be interviewer-administered and had the possibility for content modification to better suit the research setting. However, little is known about their psychometric properties (validity and reliability), time-investment and cultural sensitivity of the domains included in the instruments.Conclusions Even though this review retrieved instruments used to assess QoL of older adults in African countries, there is a need for further research on adjustment and validation of currently existing QoL instruments. In addition, the development and validation of a new instrument which can be used in (illiterate) older populations, living in slums in Africa should be considered.

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Quality of Life of the Elderly Receiving Old Age Pension in Lesotho

Cited by 15 publications

References 17 publications

Instruments used to assess quality of life of older adults in African countries: a scoping review

Instruments used to assess quality of life of older adults in African countries: a scoping review

Who is the Woman in Women’s Nutrition? A Narrative Review of Evidence and Actions to Support Women’s Nutrition throughout Life

Instruments for assessing quality of life among older adults in African countries: a scoping review

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