Feeling good in old age: factors explaining health-related quality of life

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  • dc.contributor.author Alcañiz, Manuela
  • dc.contributor.author Solé Auró, Aïda
  • dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-17T06:13:33Z
  • dc.date.available 2022-10-17T06:13:33Z
  • dc.date.issued 2018
  • dc.description.abstract Sustained growth in longevity raises questions as to why some individuals report a good quality of life in older ages, while others seem to suffer more markedly the effects of natural deterioration. Health-related quality of life (HRQL) is mediated by several easily measurable factors, including socio-demographics, morbidity, functional status and lifestyles. This study seeks to further our knowledge of these factors in order to outline a profile of the population at greater risk of poor ageing, and to identify those attributes that might be modified during younger stages of the life course. We use nationally representative data for Catalonia (Spain) to explain the HRQL of the population aged 80-plus. Cross-sectional data from 2011 to 2016 were provided by an official face-to-face survey. HRQL was measured using EQ-VAS – the EuroQol-5D visual analogue scale – which summarizes current self-perceived health. Multivariate linear regression was used to identify variables influencing the EQ-VAS score. Sociodemographic factors, including being older, female, poorly educated and belonging to a low social class, were related with poor HRQL at advanced ages. The presence of severe mobility problems, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression were highly correlated to the HRQL of the elderly, while problems of self-care and with usual activities had a weaker association. Encouraging the young to stay in education, as well as to adopt healthier lifestyles across the lifespan, might ensure better HRQL when individuals reach old age. More multidisciplinary research is required to understand the multifaceted nature of quality of life in the oldest-old population.
  • dc.description.sponsorship This study was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness under Grants ECO2015–66314-R and CSO2016–80484-R. The authors also acknowledge funding from PCIN-2016-005 under the second Joint Programming Initiative “More Years Better Lives”, a study that belongs to the multi-country project “Care, Retirement & Wellbeing of Older People Across Different Welfare Regimes” (CREW).
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  • dc.identifier.citation Alcañiz M, Solé-Auró A. Feeling good in old age: factors explaining health-related quality of life. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 2018 Mar 13;16:48. DOI: 10.1186/s12955-018-0877-z
  • dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12955-018-0877-z
  • dc.identifier.issn 1477-7525
  • dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/54408
  • dc.language.iso eng
  • dc.publisher BioMed Central
  • dc.relation.ispartof Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 2018 Mar 13;16:48
  • dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/CSO2016-80484-R
  • dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/ECO2015-66314-R
  • dc.rights © The Author(s). 2018 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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  • dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
  • dc.subject.keyword Oldest-old population
  • dc.subject.keyword Health-related quality of life
  • dc.subject.keyword EuroQol-5D
  • dc.subject.keyword Spain
  • dc.title Feeling good in old age: factors explaining health-related quality of life
  • dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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