Determinants of physical health in frail older people: the importance of self-efficacy

Abstract

Although performance-based and self-report measures provide complementary but distinct measures of physical function, psychosocial factors such as self-efficacy have a strong influence on the HRQoL of frail older people.

Positive Effects of Physical Training in Activity of Daily Living–Dependent Older Adults

“…The attendance to training was calculated for residual 12 subjects, the reasons for not participating in exercise training were constipation treatment, pain, and depression. This positive outcome was possibly influenced by the choice of exercising in sitting position, which eased the training for subjects with low self-efficacy, exacerbated by severe mobility restrictions and limited cognitive level (Stretton, Latham, Carter, Lee, & Anderson, 2006).…”

Relationship of quality of life to dispositional optimism, health locus of control and self-efficacy in older subjects living in different environments

“…Psychological factors have been shown to determine survival, use of medical services, health-promoting behaviours and quality of life in older subjects [1][2][3][4][5]. Dispositional optimism, health locus of control and self-efficacy are considered among key psychological profile measures in this age group.…”

Determinants of health-related quality of life in older primary care patients: results of the longitudinal observational AgeCoDe Study

“…4 Longitudinal studies are needed to investigate factors influencing HRQoL. Available longitudinal studies are based only on small numbers, [5][6][7][8][9][10][11] have short follow-up periods of 6-18 months, 5,6,8,9,11,12 and/or did not investigate the development of factors influencing HRQoL, but included the factors only at one fixed point in time. 13,14 As a result, there are insufficient data to derive practical considerations for GPs on which changes in influencing factors might support patients in maintaining or improving their HRQoL.…”