A Study of the gap between Expected and Perceived Quality of Life among the Elderly People in Odisha

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Perceived Quality ◽  
Perceived Quality Of Life

scholarly journals Associations between self-perceived quality of life and socio-demographic, psychosocial, and health variables in a group of elderly

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (7) ◽  
pp. 1437-1448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sérgio Eduardo Silva de Oliveira ◽  
Jean Von Hohendorff ◽  
Juliana de Lima Müller ◽  
Denise Ruschel Bandeira ◽  
Sílvia Helena Koller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Inverse Correlation ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Perceived Quality ◽  
Volunteer Work ◽  
Predictive Capacity ◽  
Elderly Individuals ◽  
Perceived Quality Of Life ◽  
Demographic Questionnaire

The objectives of this study were to investigate: (a) multiple relations between socio-demographic, psychosocial, and health variables and quality of life in the elderly and (b) the model's validity through correlation with depressive symptoms. The sample included 339 elderly individuals from 60 to 98 years of age (M = 73.4; SD = 8.3), who answered a socio-demographic questionnaire, WHOQOL-100, and BDI. Cluster analysis of the sample distributed the elders into two groups according to self-perceived quality of life (better versus worse), and logistic regression analysis identified variables that explained better quality of life. Social class, self-rated health status, volunteer work, use of medication, and data collection setting were associated with quality of life (predictive capacity for correct classification 72.3%, specificity 73.6%, and sensitivity 71.1%). The inverse correlation between the model's variables and BDI scores provided evidence of the model's validity. The model can help support public policies aimed at promoting quality of life in the elderly.

scholarly journals Well-Being and Perceived Quality of Life in Elderly People Displaced After the Earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy

2013 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 531-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Rita Giuliani ◽  
Antonella Mattei ◽  
Flavio Santilli ◽  
Giovanna Clori ◽  
Maria Scatigna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Perceived Quality ◽  
Perceived Quality Of Life

scholarly journals The Relationship between Health Perception and Health Predictors among the Elderly across European Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 4053
Author(s):  
Ana F. Silva ◽  
Jose Mª Cancela ◽  
Irimia Mollinedo ◽  
Miguel Camões ◽  
Pedro Bezerra
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Perceived Quality ◽  
Health Perception ◽  
Perceived Quality Of Life ◽  
Bonferroni Test ◽  
Left And Right ◽  
Health Predictors ◽  
The Relationship

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between health perception and health predictors among the elderly. In this study, 376 older adults from four different countries (Hungary, n = 86; Italy, n = 133; Portugal, n = 95; and Spain, n = 62) were analyzed. All subjects completed the EQ-5D-5L to assess their quality-adjusted life years and were assessed in handgrip (HG) and in Timed Up and Go (TUG) tests. A three-way MANOVA was conducted to analyze the groups based on their age, sex, and country. The interaction effects in all included variables were also considered. The Bonferroni test was also executed as a post hoc test. Any interaction results were noticed. Regarding age, lower perceived quality of life scores and higher TUG results were registered in the oldest group, and greater values of left and right HG results were registered in the second-oldest group. Males showed greater left and right HG values than women. Spain showed lower perceived quality of life scores. Portugal and Italy showed greater HG left values, while Portugal had better HG right values. Hungary produced the greatest TUG scores. Quality of life is dependent on the subject’s age and physical fitness, as increasing age was associated with decreased values of HG and TUG. Only strength was different between sexes.

Information and psychological security in the development of computer literacy in the elderly

2021 ◽  
pp. 270-278
Author(s):  
Tatyana Borisovna Berestok
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Computer Literacy ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Information Environment ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Negative Factors

This article deals with the issue of self-preservation of elderly people when learning to work on a computer from the point of view of information and psychological security. The necessity of solving new socio-psychological problems is indicated: to develop the ability to give a correct assessment of a specific information threat, to prevent the negative impact of the information environment, to resist negative factors, and to contribute to improving the quality of life. The purpose of counseling elderly people is to develop their ability to understand the problem of the negative impact of the information environment on psychological and physiological health, to be able to apply methods to ensure information and psychological security. Consulting and educational work with the elderly and employees of social institutions engaged in professional activities directly related to the above category should be aimed at preventing cases of fraudulent activities. Consulting work with them should not only meet the general principles of building psychological contact, but also cause an understanding of the importance of compliance with security in the digital sphere. Elderly people develop the ability to assess correctly a specific information threat and prevent the negative impact of the information environment by providing adequate resistance to negative factors and contributing to improving their quality of life. It is increasingly difficult for older people to navigate threats, unmotivated anxiety increases, depressiveness appears and becomes fixed, and asocial personality traits are formed. At the present time, it is necessary to consider the formation of information and computer literacy as a mechanism to counteract the negative impact of the information environment and a necessary condition for developing an effective strategy for the social adaptation of elderly people.

Psychosocial Consequences among Elderly Living In Institutional and Non-Institutional Settings

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nagesh Jamwal
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Research Work ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
Elderly Males ◽  
Psychosocial Consequences ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Elderly Living

Background – Elderly people face many psychological, physical and socio economic morbidities due to ageing. Institutional settings have been opened for those elderly people who are neither able to take care of themselves nor is there any person to look after them. Objectives- The present research work was conducted to study the quality of life, loneliness and psychological distress of the elderly males and females living in institutions and non-institutional settings in urban Jammu district. Methods –The study was conducted using purposive sampling on 40 elderly living in institutional settings and 40 elderly living in non- institutional settings in the age range of 60-80 years. Tools used – GHQ  by Gautam, Nuhawan and Kamal ,UCLA loneliness scale(Russell, 1996)  and WHO (QOL-BREF, 1998),  was used. Results – The results revealed significant differences on loneliness and quality of life between those living in institutional settings and those living with their families.

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