The Effect of Older People’s Adaptation to Old Age on Their Health-Related Quality of Life

Abstract

The changes that occur with age affect the older people's quality of life. This study aimed at determining the effect of older people's adaptation to old age on their health-related quality of life. This descriptive study was conducted with 250 older people that applied to the outpatient clinics of the Research and Training Hospital of Aksaray University between the dates of 15 January and 15 June 2017. The study data were collected by using an introductory information form, "Assessment Scale of Adaptation Difficulty for the Elderly (ASADE)" and "Nottingham Health Profile (NHP)". The study data were assessed by using descriptive statistical methods, Mann Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis, Spearman Correlation Test and multilinear regression model. This study found that older people's adaptation to old age and their health-related quality of life were at a good level. As their score from ASADE increased, their score from NHP increased (r=0.742, p<0.001). In addition, adaptation to old age, gender and expressed health status had a statistically significant on the quality of life (p<0.005). We suggest that the health personnel assess adaptation to old age, which is one of the factors affecting the quality of life, and increase the quality of life by conducting interventions to increase the adaptation to old age.

Adaptation difficulty and religious coping styles for the elderly in Turkey

“…It was also identified in the present study that elderly people who are male, who are high school/university graduates, and whose income is higher have more adaptation difficulty. Similarly, men's adaptation to ageing was found to be better than women's adaptation to ageing 1, 7, 17 …”

“…It is thought that elderly people approach negative life events through positive religious coping. In studies examining adaptation difficulties for the elderly or religious coping, findings show that the adaptation to old age is at a good level 17 and that elderly people use positive religious coping strategies 13, 14 …”

“…2,18 Also in the current study, it was identified that elderly people who have chronic diseases, who found to be better than women's adaptation to ageing. 1,7,17 Adaptation to the process of ageing was examined in four sub-dimensions including 'Role and Self-actualisation Mode', 'Interdependence Mode', 'Physiological Mode' and the 'Self-concept Mode'. It was determined that the adaptation was high and positive religious coping was used more as the adaptation to these dimensions increased.…”

“…The 'Role and Selfactualisation Mode' sub-dimension consists of nine items in total (1,5,9,12,13,14,15,16,24) and the Cronbach alpha value is 0.92. The 'Interdependence Mode' sub-dimension consists of seven items in total (17,18,19,20,21,22,23) and the Cronbach alpha value is 0.87. The 'Physiological Mode' subdimension consists of four items in total (2,4,10,11) and the Cronbach alpha value is 0.76.…”

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“…The same authors studied the factorial structure, validity, and reliability of its revised form in 2001 and found that its internal consistency and subscale scores were acceptable (Cronbach alpha coefficients = 0.80-0.95) 23 . The scale included 12 items, which were divided into three subscales based on the source of support, namely family (3,4,8,11), friends (6,7,9,12) and significant other (1,2,5,10). 7point Likert-type scale consisted of options of "very strongly agree" (7 points), "strongly agree" (6 points), "mildly agree" (5 points), "neutral" (4 points), "mildly disagree" (3 points), "strongly disagree" (2 points), and "very strongly disagree" (1 point).…”