The association between frailty and quality of life when aging in place

Vanleerberghe, Patricia; Witte, Nico De; Claes, Claudia; Verté, Dominique

doi:10.1016/j.archger.2019.103915

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“…There is evidence that conditions such as advanced age, depressive symptoms, low income, poor sleep quality were significantly associated with low QoL and that restriction in social support, number of previous falls and walking pain may compromise elderly people reintegration into their context (5,(24)(25)(26) . Such conditions constitute a potential stressor of intrapersonal, interpersonal and extrapersonal origin (10) which may justify a dullness and psychic retracting (8) capable of impacting on interpersonal relationships (26) .…”

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“…These experiences can be both the occurrence of fall itself and with someone close to them, but that has affected them in some way. These cognemes relate to health treatment, portraying the justifying function and knowledge to the extent that social actors present the places and people they access when they see the event of fall (2)(3)(8)(9) , and is explained by the high rate of hospitalization resulting from falls (2,8) .…”

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“…Analyzing falls through the eyes of nurses, it is possible to identify that they are inserted in the whole process of health and illness, being responsible for nursing service planning, organization, coordination, execution, and assessment. In addition, they are in direct contact with elderly people and family, seeking to provide QoL and rescue autonomy in the recovery process (8)(9) .…”

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Quality of life and falls in elderly people: a mixed methods study

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Objective: to assess elderly people’s quality of life, understanding the social representations of falls. Methods: a convergent mixed methods research carried out at homes, with a sample of 134 elderly people. A structured questionnaire was used, covering sociodemographic variables and factors that indicated frailty and risk of falling. For quality of life assessment, Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36 and Theory of Social Representations, Abric’s structural approach were used, with data treated by dictionary of equivalent terms, processed in Evoc 2000, converging analytically according to Neuman. Results: quality of life impairment was identified in terms of physical, emotional and functional capacity. The elements of the possible central nucleus were fall, fear, and bruised-broken-bone. Final considerations: quality of life impairment can contribute to increase the number of falls, which has been shown to be an event present in elderly people’s lives through evocations. Understanding elderly people’s individual demands allows planning actions.

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“…The mean age of them was the youngest among the three groups. Younger age is often related to better strength, less frailty and quicker rehabilitation, resulting in higher rates of QoL improvement (22). We reckon that due to younger age, renal cancer patients can adapt themselves more quickly and face the challenges more positively.…”

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Propaganda and Education Can Improve the Quality of Life of Patients With Urologic Cancer Before Surgery

Huang

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Background: Distributing propaganda materials is a way of doctor-patient communication. Our study aims to demonstrate its influence on patients' quality of life with newly diagnosed urologic cancer before surgery.Methods: Patients with urologic cancer were retrospectively enrolled from April 2020 to March 2021 in the Cancer Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. The propaganda materials were written and published by our center and distributed after admission. The quality of life was assessed by EORTC QLQ-C30 version 3.0 on the day of admission and after patients read the materials.Results: A total of 180 patients were included. Most of them were male and with renal cancer. Sleep disturbance (p=0.002), appetite loss (p=0.013), fatigue (p=0.002) and physical function (p=0.006) showed statistically significant improvement after the intervention. In subgroup analysis, the changes of sleep disturbance, fatigue and physical function remained significant among patients with renal cancer. Several items remained significant among younger patients(≤57 years old).Conclusions: Distributing proper propaganda materials could exert significant impacts among patients with urologic cancer. Patients with renal cancer and younger patients might be more likely to benefit from that.

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“…For instance, conceptual models that attempt to define proper ageing fail to address, in any meaningful sense, how healthy ageing is impacted by one's physical location and context, particularly when circumstances that may be considered "outside of the norm" ensue, such as living in a remote area. Ageing-in-place has been receiving increased attention in the literature in recent years [15][16][17][18]. Additionally, the question of how ageing is approached, whether the word "successful" or "healthy" is most appropriate, whether the difference is relevant, and how those words are defined has yet to be resolved.…”

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Healthy ageing in the far North: perspectives and prescriptions

Peterson

Baumgartner

Austin

2020

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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Objectives: This study captured factors integral to healthy ageing in central Alaska. To date, conceptual models fail to meaningfully address how healthy ageing is impacted by location and context, particularly in remote or sparsely populated areas. The way "healthy", or "successful", ageing is defined in an extreme environment, and how that contrasts with global definitions of healthy ageing, has yet to be examined. Method: Residents of central Alaska aged 60 and older completed background demographics and several measures of personality and well-being and then engaged in a guided discussion. Results: Themes identified as important to healthy ageing were attitude/perspective, socialisation, sense of community, purpose and staying active, and independence. Challenges endorsed included service gaps, transportation, seasonality, cost of living, and isolation. Discussion: The current data parallels previous investigations of healthy ageing and provides a new understanding of the importance of resilience factors for those living in central Alaska. ARTICLE HISTORY

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The association between frailty and quality of life when aging in place

Cited by 29 publications

References 27 publications

Quality of life and falls in elderly people: a mixed methods study

Quality of life and falls in elderly people: a mixed methods study

Propaganda and Education Can Improve the Quality of Life of Patients With Urologic Cancer Before Surgery

Healthy ageing in the far North: perspectives and prescriptions

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