Associations between objectively assessed physical activity levels and fitness and self-reported health-related quality of life in community-dwelling older adults

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
pp. 1371-1378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flávia A. C. Wanderley ◽  
Gustavo Silva ◽  
Elisa Marques ◽  
José Oliveira ◽  
Jorge Mota ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Physical Activity Levels ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Reported Health ◽  
Community Dwelling Older Adults

Association between joint stiffness and health-related quality of life in community-dwelling older adults

2017 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 234-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shunsuke Murata ◽  
Takehiko Doi ◽  
Ryuichi Sawa ◽  
Takashi Saito ◽  
Ryo Nakamura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Joint Stiffness ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Community Dwelling Older Adults

Association Between Anticholinergic Drug Use and Health-Related Quality of Life in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Drugs & Aging ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (10) ◽  
pp. 785-792 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benoit Cossette ◽  
Maimouna Bagna ◽  
Modou Sene ◽  
Caroline Sirois ◽  
Gabrielle P. Lefebvre ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Anticholinergic Drug ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Community Dwelling Older Adults

scholarly journals Predicting poorer health outcomes in older community-dwelling patients with multimorbidity: prospective cohort study assessing the accuracy of different multimorbidity definitions

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. e023919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maxime Sasseville ◽  
Susan M Smith ◽  
Lisa Freyne ◽  
Ronald McDowell ◽  
Fiona Boland ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Predictive Values ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Reported Health

PurposeMultimorbidity is commonly defined and measured using condition counts. The UK National Institute for Health Care Excellence Guidelines for Multimorbidity suggest that a medication-orientated approach could be used to identify those in need of a multimorbidity approach to management.ObjectivesTo compare the accuracy of medication-based and diagnosis-based multimorbidity measures at higher cut-points to identify older community-dwelling patients who are at risk of poorer health outcomes.DesignA secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study with a 2-year follow-up (2010–2012).Setting15 general practices in Ireland.Participants904 older community-dwelling patients.ExposureBaseline multimorbidity measurements based on both medication classes count (MCC) and chronic disease count (CDC).OutcomesMortality, self-reported health related quality of life, mental health and physical functioning at follow-up.AnalysisSensitivity, specificity, positive predictive values (PPV) and negative predictive values (NPV) adjusting for clustering by practice for each outcome using both definitions.ResultsOf the 904 baseline participants, 53 died during follow-up and 673 patients completed the follow-up questionnaire. At baseline, 223 patients had 3 or more chronic conditions and 89 patients were prescribed 10 or more medication classes. Sensitivity was low for both MCC and CDC measures for all outcomes. For specificity, MCC was better for all outcomes with estimates varying from 88.8% (95% CI 85.2% to 91.6%) for physical functioning to 90.9% (95% CI 86.2% to 94.1%) for self-reported health-related quality of life. There were no differences between MCC and CDC in terms of PPV and NPV for any outcomes.ConclusionsNeither measure demonstrated high sensitivity. However, MCC using a definition of 10 or more regular medication classes to define multimorbidity had higher specificity for predicting poorer health outcomes. While having limitations, this definition could be used for proactive identification of patients who may benefit from targeted clinical care.

Objectively measured physical activity and its influence on physical capacity and clinical parameters in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome

Lupus ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 690-697 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Dassouki ◽  
F B Benatti ◽  
A J Pinto ◽  
H Roschel ◽  
F R Lima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Capacity ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Physical Activity Levels ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
And Function

Objective The objectives of this paper are to objectively measure habitual physical activity levels in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) with mild disease activity and to determine to which extent it may be associated with physical capacity and function and clinical features. Methods In this cross-sectional study, 29 women with pSS were objectively assessed for habitual physical activity levels (using accelerometry) and compared with 20 healthy women (CTRL) frequency-matched for physical activity levels, age, body mass index, and body fat percentage with regard to physical capacity and function, fatigue, depression, pain, and health-related quality of life. Results pSS showed 8.5 min/day of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) when only MVPA accumulated in bouts ≥ 10 min was considered; when considering total MVPA (including bouts < 10 min), average levels were 26.3 min/day, with 62% of pSS patients achieving the recommendation (≥ 21.4 min/day). Moreover, pSS showed lower VO2peak, lower muscle strength and function, higher fatigue, and poorer health-related quality of life when compared with CTRL ( p < 0.05). These differences (except for aerobic capacity) were sustained even when only individuals achieving the minimum of 21.4 min/day of total MVPA in both groups were compared. Finally, MVPA time was significantly correlated with aerobic conditioning, whereas total counts and sedentary time were associated with lower-body muscle strength and the bodily-pain domain of SF-36 in patients with pSS. Conclusion When compared to physical activity-matched healthy controls, pSS patients showed reduced physical capacity and function, increased fatigue and pain, and reduced health-related quality of life. Except for aerobic conditioning, these differences were sustained when only more physically active participants were compared, indicating that minimum recommended levels of physical activity for the general population may not be sufficient to counteract pSS comorbidities.

scholarly journals Demographics, social position, dental status and oral health-related quality of life in community-dwelling older adults

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 1735-1742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Augusta Bessa Rebelo ◽  
Evangeline Maria Cardoso ◽  
Peter G. Robinson ◽  
Mario Vianna Vettore
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Dental Status ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Community Dwelling Older Adults
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