Health-Related Quality of Life and Gender Differences in Elderly People: a Cross-Sectional Study
- سال انتشار: 1403
- محل انتشار: مجله سلامت سالمندان، دوره: 10، شماره: 2
- کد COI اختصاصی: JR_EHJ-10-2_004
- زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
- تعداد مشاهده: 88
نویسندگان
School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
چکیده
Introduction: As the population is aging, concerns are raised regarding the quality of life of elderly people. Men and women tend to experience aging differently due to socioeconomic differences. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the state of health-related quality of life and its gender-related discrepancies in the elderly population in Mashhad, Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on ۲۰۰ elderly population in Mashhad, Iran. Following a multi-staged stratified sampling, participants were selected, and in order to complete the questionaries interviewed at their homes or the Health Center according to the participants’ priorities using the RAND ۳۶-Item Health Survey (RAND-۳۶). The survey consists of ۸ scales of physical functioning (PF), role limitations caused by physical health problems (RP), role limitations caused by emotional problems (RE), social functioning (SF), emotional well-being (EW), energy/fatigue (EF), pain (P), and general health (GH). Data were analyzed using Chi-Square test. Results: Men exhibited significantly higher scores on PF (۷۱.۳۸ ( ± ۲۴.۱۳) vs ۵۷.۶۳ ( ± ۲۴.۷۵), p =۰.۰۰), SF (۷۴.۲۲ ( ± ۱۷.۹۹) vs ۶۷.۲۷ ( ± ۱۸.۶۱), p =۰.۰۱), and p (۷۷.۳۸ ( ± ۲۳.۷۶) vs ۶۴.۷۹ ( ± ۲۷.۷۷), p =۰.۰۰) dimensions compared to women. Post-hoc analyses revealed that the main factors influencing the differences were variations between ages (۶۰-۶۵) with (۷۰-۷۵) and over ۸۰ regarding PF, ages (۶۰-۶۵) with over ۸۰ in RP, and finally, the difference attributed to ages (۶۰-۶۵) with (۶۵-۷۰) in GH. The comparison between the states of employment revealed that the employed individuals ranked higher in all dimensions except pain. Conclusion: This study provides an overall description of the state of the health-related quality of life of the elderly in Mashhad underscoring the differences that genders exhibit in each dimension which calls for a broader gender-based assessment of quality of life in this population in Mashhad and Iran.کلیدواژه ها
Aged, Quality of Life, Gender, Epidemiology, Healthاطلاعات بیشتر در مورد COI
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