Manisa’da Huzurevlerinde Kalan 60 Yaş Üzeri Kişilerin Sağlık Algısı Ve Yaşam Kalitesi Durumlarının Belirlenmesi.pdf
Creators: name: Belice, Tahir
name: Bolukbasi, Selman
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110308 Geriatrics and Gerontology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: <b>Objectives:</b> In this cross sectional study, we aim to evaluate of the perception of health and quality of life of the elderly people aged 60 and over in Gördes, Akhisar and Turgutlu nursing homes of Manisa province. <b>Methods : </b>The study was started after having the Ege University ethics committee approval and also permission of the governor of Manisa. The study were conducted with three nursing homes in Manisa including 160 participants who are 60 aged and over. We collected the data from face-to-face interviews with elderly people and saved data into three paper forms: A questionnaire to determine the sociodemographic parameters; WHOQOL Quality of life older adults module (WHOQOL-OLD); Perception of health scale. The data were filled out into excel files and then it were analysed by SPSS 23.0 programme using numbers, percentages, means, standard deviations. ANOVA and t-test were used to assess quality of life related parameters. <b>Results: </b>The participants involved in the study consist of 66.9% men, 55.3% widowed, 73.1% elementary school and lower education level . The proportions of elderly people who live in rural area and participants who are active smokers are 26.9% and 28.1%, respectively. Furthermore, 53.8% of participants has at least one chronic disease. The participants who think that their health status is good and better consist 64.4% of chart. The global score of quality of life scale is 83.6 +/- 14.36. Subscale scores are calculated as followings ; sensory abilities: 14.63+/-4.14 , autonomy: 14.03+/-4.14, post-pre-future activities:13.8+/-2.8 , social participation:12.93+/-4.42 , death and dying : 14.10+/-4.16 , intimacy:14.40+/-3.45 . Global scores of quality of life decrease as elderly participants’ education level gets worse (F: 2.77, p:0.20). Death and drying subscale scores go down as the education status decreases (F: 4.390, p:0.000). Participants from rural regions have a lower death and dying subscale scores(t:2.12 ,p:0.03). Subscales scores of sensory abilities ( F:13.54, p:0.000) , autonomy (F:6.31, p:0.000), post-pre-future activities (F:5.92, p:0.000), social participation (F:2.87, p:0.025,p:0.000), death and dying (F:9.63, p:0.00), intimacy (F:7.22, p:0.000) decrease as the perception of health gets worse. <b>Conclusion: </b>Nursing homes take not only responsibilities of elderly people’s daily needs such as drink, food , shelter etc. but also maintaining their social bonds, observing social problems that may they need to be addressed , introducing medical care plans and keeping alive of their popular activities. Furthermore, we need more practical social determiner scales that could be implemented on a regular basis for a better serving for elderly people. It is determined that if the score of health perception decreases then the either total and all subscale scores also go down statistically. As a result of this study it has been crucial to take into account both the social and health related activities as a potential modifier on health perception and quality of life in elderly population.