Life quality and daily life activities of elderly people in rural areas, Eskişehir (Turkey)

Arslantaş, Didem; Ünsal, Alaettin; Metintaş, Selma; Koç, Filiz; Arslantaş, Ali

doi:10.1016/j.archger.2007.11.005

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“…So, it was predictable that health situation variable have had an impact on quality of life and ill women had worse status in total QOL that this finding supports results of Arslantas et al study [14]. Also Shams Alizade et al [4] and Arslantas et al [14] in their studies showed that education level have correlated with quality of life and this supported our findings. Among various dimensions of domestic violence, only emotional violence remained in the equation while having significant negative correlation with total quality of life.…”

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The Relationship Between Rural Women’s Health-Related Quality of Life and Domestic Violence

Ghasemi

Reshadat

Gilan

et al. 2015

Zahedan J Res Med Sci

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Background:Nowadays, by development of societies, health related quality of life has become a very important issue. Traditionally for health assessment, some indexes such as; morbidity, mortality, and life expectancy, have been taken into consideration but these factors are not able to assess life satisfaction. Objectives: The present study was aimed to investigate the relationship between rural women's health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and domestic violence. Patients and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in the rural districts of Kermanshah, Iran, 2012. Using multistage cluster sampling, 394 women were selected. They completed WHOQOL-BREF and Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS) questionnaires. Data analyzed by SPSS 16, using Pearson correlation and regression tests. Results: The mean scores of total QOL were 55.8 ± 12.9. There was significant inverse correlation between domestic violence dimensions and all health-related quality of life domains (P < 0.01). Conclusions: Domestic violence can affect rural women's health-related quality of life negatively. Regarding the hidden nature of domestic violence and its presence in all communities, taking into consideration policies to reduce violence through legal education and raising women awareness can positively affect women's quality of life.

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The Relationship Between Rural Women’s Health-Related Quality of Life and Domestic Violence

Ghasemi

Reshadat

Gilan

et al. 2015

Zahedan J Res Med Sci

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“…Nevertheless, the Environmental domain, followed by the Physical domain, presented the lowest mean scores among the QoL domains. These results diverge from an international study involving rural elderly, 15 showing higher mean scores for the Environmental domain and worse scores for the Physical domain, similar to a study involving Brazilian urban elderly, 16 showing higher scores for the Social Relations domain and lower scores for the Physical domain.…”

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“…In an international study on QoL and ADLs of elderly people in rural areas, developed in Turkey, based on the WHOQOL-bref, it was verified that the presence of diseases was associated with lower scores in the Physical, Psychological and Social domains. 15 The self-assessment of the dental conditions showed no significant association, except with the Social Relations domain. As the study involved brown and black elderly, these results may be related with the access difficulties to dental services as, according to a study about race and use of oral health services among elderly people, it was evidenced that the chance of a black elderly person never having been attended by a dentist is more than twice as high as for white elderly.…”

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Socioeconomic and Health Conditions Associated With Quality of Life of Elderly Quilombolas

Santos

Boery²,

Pereira³

et al. 2016

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This study aimed to identify the socioeconomic and health conditions associated with quality of life of elderly quilombolas. Cross-sectional, epidemiological and census study, conducted with 427 elderly individuals of a quilombola population enrolled in Family Health Strategies of 17 quilombas communities in Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, four districts of the region. Data collection was performed using tools and analyzed based on descriptive statistics and Spearman correlation (rsp). The factors associated with some areas of Quality of Life and the General Quality of Life Index included the per capita income, the self-assessment of health status and the classification of depression cases, which most strongly affected the quality of life of the elderly quilombolas investigated. The expanded access to health services and the integrality of health care for this group are essential, particularly involving Family Health Teams.

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“…Living in a nursing home was, in itself, considered to be worse than death by about 30 per cent of the respondents. One study from Turkey showed that the QoL of bedfast people is much lower than that of people who are still mobile (Arslantas et al, 2009). Apart from the physical and mental challenges faced by bedfast persons, there are risks associated with lower evacuation times in case of fires (Strating et al, 2015).…”

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The vision of bedfast nursing home residents of their quality of life and the contribution of technological innovations in and around the bed

Martens

Verbeek²,

Aarts³

et al. 2018

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. Purpose -Over 8 per cent of the Dutch nursing home population is bedfast, and this number is slowly increasing. The quality of life (QoL) of this population is lower than that of residents who are still mobile. Little research has been conducted on how to improve the QoL of this bedfast population, particularly through making technological adjustments to the bed and the direct surroundings. The purpose of this paper is to gain insight into the QoL of bedfast residents and how to improve this through technology. Design/methodology/approach -A mixed-method multi-case study with thematic analysis was conducted in two nursing homes with seven participants based on semi-structured interviews and Short Form-12 questionnaire. Findings -The major causes of the experienced low QoL were the limited opportunities for engaging in social contacts with others, and coping with the dependency on other people and having limited control. Participants suggested improvements of QoL through the application of modern communication technologies to engage in social contacts and to control the bed itself and environment around the bed. Practical implications -The results may help improve the design of the bed and the direct environment in order to improve the QoL of bedfast nursing home residents. Originality/value -The QoL of bedfast nursing home residents has not been studied before in relation to the bed itself and technological solutions that may help improve the QoL and level of control.

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Life quality and daily life activities of elderly people in rural areas, Eskişehir (Turkey)

Cited by 57 publications

References 13 publications

The Relationship Between Rural Women’s Health-Related Quality of Life and Domestic Violence

The Relationship Between Rural Women’s Health-Related Quality of Life and Domestic Violence

Socioeconomic and Health Conditions Associated With Quality of Life of Elderly Quilombolas

The vision of bedfast nursing home residents of their quality of life and the contribution of technological innovations in and around the bed

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