Comparison of health-related quality of life between the Han and Yi ethnicity elderly in the Yi autonomous areas of Yunnan Province

Ran, Lingyun; Kong, Hongqian; Du, Mengqi; He, Jianhui; Zhong, Qian; Ran, Yuanyuan; Si, Yanping; Zhang, Jiang; Yao, Cheng; Luo, Huineng; Ye, Qin

doi:10.1186/s12877-019-1257-1

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“…Quick and effective assessment of ADL ability can help older adults enjoy the benefits of appropriate and effective care. It can also save on the cost of care and reduce the pressure on older adults’ care services[ 31 , 32 ]. Its use should therefore improve rehabilitation treatment, guide the continuity of care and ensure adequate social support and disability benefits for the older adults[ 27 ].…”

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A novel Longshi Scale measured activity of daily living disability in elderly patients affected by neurological diseases: a multi-center cross-sectional study in China

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Background Ability in the activities of daily life is often impaired in the older adults with a neurological disease. The Barthel Index is an instrument used worldwide to assess such ability. The Longshi Scale is a picture-based alternative, but its effectiveness has not been evaluated with older adult subjects. This study was to determine whether the Longshi Scale can effectively quantify the ability of older adults in the activities of daily living by comparing its ratings with those using the Barthel Index. Methods A multi-center cross-sectional study was conducted among patients over 65 years. A total of 2438 patients were divided into three groups, including bedridden, domestic, or community group based on their ability to go out of bed, move outdoors, and return indoors. Their ability in the activities of daily living among three groups was evaluated using both the Longshi Scale and the Barthel Index, and the results were compared. Results There was a significant difference in the average Barthel Index scores of three groups classified using the Longshi Scale. The average Longshi Scale scores also showed significant differences between the four groups classified using the Barthel Index. Spearman correlation coefficients showed strong correlation(>0.83) between the Longshi Scale and Barthel Index scores. Conclusions The Longshi Scale can efficiently distinguish the ability in the activities of daily living of people with a neurological disease. Its rating correlate well with those using the Barthel Index.

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A novel Longshi Scale measured activity of daily living disability in elderly patients affected by neurological diseases: a multi-center cross-sectional study in China

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“…Raggi et al also observed that there was no such correlation in the case of people from Finland (n=520) and Spain (n=2256) between life quality and the level of dexterity (IADL) [22]. The research done by Ran et al showed that the level of dexterity measured by the IADL scale was positively correlated with the level of life [11]. In the own research, the authors also showed that there were correlations between variables.…”

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“…The results of the research done by Klompstra et al on a group of 238 people living at home with three or more chronic diseases, the average age was 82, also showed that a lower level of life quality was significantly connected to age [10]. The research done by Ran et al on a group of 1636 elderly people showed that old age conduces to a lower level of life quality [11]. In Raggi et al's research a negative correlation between life quality connected with health vs age was noted (p≤0,001) among Polish people, however, this correlation was not noted among people from Finland and Spain [22].…”

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“…Caring for old people who live in the house in order to satisfy their health care needs is crucial and this fact will always be unquestionable [10]. The basic duty of the people who provide others with social benefits is to focus on improving elderly people's quality of life at the time of the Covid-19 pandemic or keeping it the way it used to be [11]. The process of aging causes significant changes in the needs and demands of the health care system in every country [3].…”

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Quality of life vs. old people’s functioning at the time of the covid-19 pandemic

Kowalczyk

Zawadzka

Lubińska-Żądło

2022

Medical Research Journal

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Introduction:The whole world is dealing with the consequences of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which affected mostly elderly people. The covid-19 pandemic has made it practically impossible for elderly people to function independently. Taking into consideration the elderly population and its prognosis, the evaluation of the elderly people's quality of life is more and more important. Both doctors and people involved in medicare claim that there is a need for investigating elderly people's life quality because the health problems which decide about this quality make effective treatment more difficult.Aim of the study: The aim of this paper is to evaluate the quality of life and functionality as far as doing daily chores by elderly people is concerned and the factors which decide about it at the time of the Covid-19 pandemic. Material and methods:The research was done with a group of 1008 people (705 women, 302 men) at the age of 60-97 (approximately 71.0 ± 8.1). The questionnaire which was used was created by the people who carried out the survey and the Polish scale WHOQOL-AGE was used to evaluate the quality of life.Independent functioning in a group was evaluated by means of the Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (IADL). Results:The approximate result of evaluating the quality of life using the WHOQOL-AGE scale was 67.20 ± 15.61. Social and demographic factors which decide about the quality of life in a statistically significant way are: age (p < 0,000), education (p < 0,000), place of living (p < 0,029), marital status (p < 0,000), economic situation (p < 0,000), the status of living (p < 0,019), status of dexterity (p < 0,000) and professional status before retirement (p < 0,018). Conclusion:There is a need for many activities to improve the life quality of elderly people in every aspect of life. Those activities should take into consideration the life situation, functioning status, and elderly people's expectations. Actions taken with the aim of improving elderly people's life quality should involve interdisciplinary monitoring of health as well as promotion of physical activity, which will improve elderly people's ability to perform complex daily activities (IADL).

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“…Hence, this pictorial-based Longshi scale would be of great signi cance especially for the elderly disabled with complications. Through the quick and effective assessment of ADL, the elderly can enjoy appropriate and effective care, and further save the cost of care, reduce the pressure on elderly care services [31,32]. Therefore, it would be bene t to improve the rehabilitation treatment, guide continuity of care and ensure adequate social support and disability bene ts for the elderly patients [27].…”

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A Novel Longshi Scale Measured Activity of Daily Living Disability in Elderly Patients Affected by Neurological Diseases: a Multi-center Cohort Study in China

Zhao

Gao

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Background: The activity of daily life (ADL) ability is often impaired in the elderly patients with neurological diseases. Barthel index (BI) is a global disability scale which can assess the performance of ADL for old people. The Longshi scale is a novel pictorial-based scale for evaluating a patient’s disability, but few studies assess the elderly patients. Hence, the aim of this study was to determine whether Longshi scale can distinguish the ADL level of the elderly people and investigate the relationship between the Longshi scale and BI in measuring ADL among the elderly disabled. Methods: This was a multi-center cross-sectional study of elderly disabled patients (more than 65 years old). The ADL levels of all patients were evaluated by both Longshi scale and BI. Patients were divided into three groups (Bedridden group, Domestic group, Community group) based on the Longshi scale, while there were four groups (slight dependence, moderate dependence, severe dependence, total dependence) according to different BI scores. The relationship between the scores of Longshi scale and BI at different level were analysed. Results: A total of 2438 consecutive patients were recruited into the study from 9 centers during a period of 6 months (from 1 Oct 2019 to 1 April 2020). There was a significant difference of the total BI scores between the three groups of Longshi scale (p<0.001). Moreover, the Longshi scale scores showed significant differences between the four BI groups in the bedridden group, domestic group and community group of Longshi scale (p<0.001), respectively. Furthermore, the Spearman correlation coefficients between the LS scores of three groups (bedridden, domestic and community group) and BI scores were 0.869, 0.848 and 0.828 (P<0.001, respectively). Conclusions: Longshi scale can efficiently distinguish the degree of ability of daily living activities among the elderly disabled and has positive correlations with the BI.

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Comparison of health-related quality of life between the Han and Yi ethnicity elderly in the Yi autonomous areas of Yunnan Province

Cited by 9 publications

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A novel Longshi Scale measured activity of daily living disability in elderly patients affected by neurological diseases: a multi-center cross-sectional study in China

A novel Longshi Scale measured activity of daily living disability in elderly patients affected by neurological diseases: a multi-center cross-sectional study in China

Quality of life vs. old people’s functioning at the time of the covid-19 pandemic

A Novel Longshi Scale Measured Activity of Daily Living Disability in Elderly Patients Affected by Neurological Diseases: a Multi-center Cohort Study in China

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