Alcohol and Quality of Life Among Social Groups for the Elderly in São José dos Campos, Brazil

Santos, Gabriela V.; Barreto, Emily C.; Santos, José Carlos Francisco dos; Marchini, Leonardo

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“…Chan et al [ 18 ], in a study of 1594 people aged 50–97, found that regular alcohol consumption is associated with better QoL. However, other studies have found no significant relationship between alcohol consumption and QoL in this age group [ 19 , 20 ]. In a study conducted in an older Spanish population of 2163 people over 60 years of age, a positive relationship was initially observed between alcohol consumption (both moderate and severe) and health-related QoL, more specifically in the physical health component.…”

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Relationship between Quality of Life and Sociodemographic, Physical and Mental Health Variables in People over 65 in the Community of Madrid

Ausín

Zamorano

Muñoz

2020

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Except in the case of depression, there are few studies that analyze mental health variables related to quality of life (QoL) in people over 65 years of age. The objective of this study is to analyze the relationship between QoL and the following variables: sociodemographic and physical and mental health of people over 65 years of age. The sample was randomly selected and consists of men and women between 65 and 84 years of age (N = 555) from the Community of Madrid. Mental disorders were evaluated with the CIDI65+ interview and QoL with the WHOQoL-BREF scale. Means, ANOVA and multiple linear regression analyses were performed. Women have worse QoL than men and QoL worsens with age. The regression model for the dependent variable “WHOQoL BREF Scale” explains 41.43% of the variance (R2 = 0.413). The variables that have the greatest impact on QoL are as follows: a greater number of physical and psychological symptoms, experiencing financial difficulties and the presence of a psychological disorder, while continuing to work has a positive effect on QoL. Physical and mental disorders have a similar impact on QoL. The presence of a greater number of psychological symptoms (without necessarily fulfilling the criteria of a mental disorder) is a predictive variable of worse QoL. Mental health has a burden on the QoL of people over 65 years of age that is as powerful as physical health.

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Relationship between Quality of Life and Sociodemographic, Physical and Mental Health Variables in People over 65 in the Community of Madrid

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Muñoz

2020

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Applied Research in Quality of Life: A Computational Literature Review

Weismayer

2021

Applied Research Quality Life

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As quality of life (QoL) is a highly interdisciplinary topic with a multitude of related research areas, it is beneficial to avail researchers of an overview of the different streams explored in the field. Furthermore, knowledge of prominent sub-domains helps researchers identify links and overlaps between QoL and their fields of interest. To meet these needs, a text-mining-based computational literature review (CLR) of the journal of Applied Research in Quality of Life (ARQOL) was conducted using a machine learning process, latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA), in combination with selection criteria for the decision on the number of topics. The outcome provides the reader with a list of the twelve most heavily discussed topics: 1) consumption & materialism, 2) character strength, 3) spirituality, religiousness & personal beliefs, 4) inequality, 5) leisure & tourism, 6) health related QoL (HRQoL) I, 7) quality of working life (QWL), 8) childhood & adolescence, 9) disparity & development, 10) disorder, 11) community issues, and 12) health related QoL (HRQoL) II. In addition, authors, titles, and publication dates are listed for the top-5-ranked papers that most typify these topics. Subsequent content summaries of these papers reveal more detailed information, such as measurement constructs and theories.

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“…This test was designed by the World Health Organization to identify disorders caused by alcohol abuse in facilities for primary health care 4 , and it has been shown to be valid in the detection of dangerous alcohol use in large-scale studies with active adults and elderly patients [12][13] . A BrazilianPortuguese version of the test had been previously validated 10,14 and was used in this study. All interviews were conducted by a single operator, who had been previously calibrated for interviewing and completing the questionnaire forms.…”

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“…In view of this, the aim of this study was to evaluate some health parameters (blood pressure, heart rate and blood glucose), the use of medicines, and alcohol use in an elderly sample of residents of the city of São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil. The tested hypothesis was that the use of drugs among this population is low 10 , but an important impact on general health parameters might be found among alcohol abusers.…”

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Evaluation of health parameters, use of drugs, and alcohol intake among an elderly population in São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil

Paula¹,

Mendonça²,

Santos³

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Braz. J. Oral Sci.

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Aim: To evaluate health parameters (blood pressure, heart rate and blood glucose), the use of medicines and alcohol consumption in elderly residents in the city of São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil. Methods: A sample of 500 elderly individuals (98 men and 402 women, with mean age of 69.5 years) was examined. Personal data and medicines used by the patients were recorded, general health aspects were assessed and the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) was applied to survey alcohol consumption. Results: Two hundred and four patients (40.8%) presented high blood pressure and 93 patients (18.6%) had hyperglycemia. The most used pharmacological groups were antihypertensive drugs, antilipidemics, drugs to control hypothyroidism and hypoglycemic agents. Possible pharmacological interactions with alcohol were present in 60.9% of the used medicines. The AUDIT results showed that 91% of the sample presented a low-level intake of alcohol and only 1% presented characteristics of alcohol addiction. Associations were found among AUDIT scores with age (p=0.037), since a larger number of alcohol addicts were found among younger patients, and use of drugs (p=0.046), since patients who consumed more daily medicines made less use of alcohol (low-level). Conclusions: The studied sample presented a high prevalence of hypertension and relatively low incidence of diabetes. A low use of drugs was verified and women made more use of daily medications than men. Low alcohol consumption was also observed, and women consumed less alcohol than men.

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Alcohol and Quality of Life Among Social Groups for the Elderly in São José dos Campos, Brazil

Cited by 5 publications

References 19 publications

Relationship between Quality of Life and Sociodemographic, Physical and Mental Health Variables in People over 65 in the Community of Madrid

Relationship between Quality of Life and Sociodemographic, Physical and Mental Health Variables in People over 65 in the Community of Madrid

Applied Research in Quality of Life: A Computational Literature Review

Evaluation of health parameters, use of drugs, and alcohol intake among an elderly population in São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil

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