Quality of Life Among Nursing Home Residents Compared With the Elderly at Home

Hedayati, Hamidreza; Hadi, Negin; Mostafavi, Ladan; Akbarzadeh, Armin; Montazeri, Ali

doi:10.17795/semj22718

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“…In the current study, the respondents who were single assessed the domains of QoL higher. The same was observed in the research by Hedayati et al [58], which can be connected to the fact of being more independent than married respondents or those being in relationships. Furthermore, single respondents showed greater independence, hence resistance to adversities; thus, a change of their environment did not lead to a decrease in their QoL and its components.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…The level of education correlated positively with QoL in the group of respondents living with their families and alone. This is confirmed in the research by Drageset et al [56] and Hedayati et al [58] in which an increasing tendency of QoL assessment was noticed, together with an increase in a level of education. Similar findings were presented by Lou [61].…”

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confidence: 73%

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Differences in the quality of life dependent on family status of the elderly living in rural areas – a cross-sectional survey

Chruściel¹,

Szczekala²,

Derewiecki³

et al. 2018

Ann Agric Environ Med.

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confidence: 73%

Differences in the quality of life dependent on family status of the elderly living in rural areas – a cross-sectional survey

Chruściel¹,

Szczekala²,

Derewiecki³

et al. 2018

Ann Agric Environ Med.

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“…Previous studies [32,33,34,35] indicated that the better health status of the elderly increased the level of their life satisfaction while functional impairment (e.g., communication problem) that adversely influenced the interaction with others negatively affected the satisfaction of life. In particular, it was found that health status had a greater effect on declining life satisfaction in female elderly than male elderly and older elderly than younger elderly [33].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In particular, it was found that health status had a greater effect on declining life satisfaction in female elderly than male elderly and older elderly than younger elderly [33]. Additionally, many studies showed that marital status was a major factor affecting the www.ijacsa.thesai.org quality of life [34]. The elderly living with spouses had a higher level of life satisfaction than those who were unmarried or those who lose their spouses [35].…”

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Evaluating Factors for Predicting the Life Dissatisfaction of South Korean Elderly using Soft Margin Support Vector Machine based on Communication Frequency, Social Network Health Behavior and Depression

Byeon¹,

Kim²

2019

IJACSA

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Since health and the quality of life are caused not by a single factor but by the interaction of multiple factors, it is necessary to develop a model that can predict the quality of life using multiple risk factors rather than to identify individual risk factors. This study aimed to develop a model predicting the quality of life based on C-SVM using big data and provide baseline data for a successful old age. This study selected 2,420 elderly (1,110 men, 1,310 women) who were 65 years or older and completed the Seoul Statistics Survey. The quality of life satisfaction, a binary outcome variable (satisfied or dissatisfied), was evaluated based on a self-report questionnaire. This study performed a Gauss function among the SVM algorithms. To verify the predictive power of the developed model, this study compared the Gauss function with the linear algorithm, polynomial algorithm, and sigmoid algorithm. Additionally, C-SVM and Nu-SVM were applied to four kernel algorithm types to create eight types, and prediction accuracies of the eight SVM types were estimated and compared. Among 2,420 subjects, 483 elderly (19.9%) were not satisfied with their current lives. The final prediction accuracy of this SVM using 625 support vectors was 92.63%. The results showed that the difference between C-SVM and Nu-SVM was negligible in the models for predicting the satisfaction of life in old age while the Gaussian kernel had the highest accuracy and the sigmoid kernel had the lowest accuracy. Based on the prediction model of this study, it is required to manage local communities systematically to enhance the quality of life in old age.

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“…Education is an e cient method to increase the individuals' knowledge and the effect of education on knowledge of the nursing home staff in terms of pain management [10], oral hygiene [11], and pressure ulcers [12] have been con rmed previously. Many of the nursing home residents in Iran are not satis ed with their conditions at the nursing homes [13], many are depressed [14], and have a poorer quality of life (QOL), compared with those living at home [15,16], which indicate the low quality of care provided to the elderly. Previous studies also con rmed that the nursing home caretakers have poor knowledge about the general care of the elderly [17,18].…”

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confidence: 99%

Effect of Education on Knowledge, Attitude, and Performance of Elderly Caretakers in Nursing Homes of Mashhad City

Abbasi

Vizeshfar

Jahanbin

et al. 2020

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BackgroundThe population of the elderly taken care of at the nursing homes are increasing by the growth of the elderly’s population. Insufficient knowledge of the caretakers can affect the quality of their care from the elderly and result in poor performance. We aimed to evaluate the effect of education on knowledge, attitude, and performance of caretakers working at nursing homes.MethodsIn this quasi-experimental study, a total of 54 caretakers participated in Four-session classes and their knowledge, attitude, and performance towards the elderly were evaluated before, immediately after, and 1 month after the education by a researcher-designed questionnaire using SPSS software version 21.ResultsThe mean scores of the participants’ in attitude had no significant change knowledge scores at the three intervals, respectively (P=0.001) with a significant difference after the intervention compared with before (P<0.05). The performance scores at the three intervals, respectively (P<0.001) with a significant difference after the intervention compared with before (P<0.05). ConclusionThe significant improvement of knowledge and work performance of the elderly caretakers working at nursing homes shows the necessity of educating these individuals for better care from the elderly.

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Quality of Life Among Nursing Home Residents Compared With the Elderly at Home

Cited by 21 publications

References 16 publications

Differences in the quality of life dependent on family status of the elderly living in rural areas – a cross-sectional survey

Differences in the quality of life dependent on family status of the elderly living in rural areas – a cross-sectional survey

Evaluating Factors for Predicting the Life Dissatisfaction of South Korean Elderly using Soft Margin Support Vector Machine based on Communication Frequency, Social Network Health Behavior and Depression

Effect of Education on Knowledge, Attitude, and Performance of Elderly Caretakers in Nursing Homes of Mashhad City

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