TY - JOUR
T1 - Depression and cancer were independently associated with quality of life in Brazilian older people
AU - Ritti-Dias, Raphael M
AU - Cucato, Gabriel Grizzo
AU - de Matos, Luciana Diniz Nagem Janot
AU - Cendoroglo, Maysa Seabra
AU - Nasri, Fabio
AU - Wolosker, Nelson
AU - Costa, Maria Luiza Monteiro
AU - Gazelato de Mello Franco, Fabio
PY - 2019/3/1
Y1 - 2019/3/1
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To analyse the factors associated with low health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in older people living in Brazil.METHODS: In this cross-sectional study of the Jewish community residing in Sao Paulo, Brazil, we extensively evaluated the characteristics - including clinical, functional and sociodemographic - of 496 older people. Quality of life was assessed using the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF), while the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) was used to measure depressive symptoms.RESULTS: After adjusting for potential confounders, we found that GDS score (β = -0.07; P = 0.04) and cancer (β = -0.47; P = 0.05) were associated with a low WHOQOL-BREF score.CONCLUSION: Depressive symptoms and cancer were independently associated with low HRQoL among older people living in Brazil.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To analyse the factors associated with low health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in older people living in Brazil.METHODS: In this cross-sectional study of the Jewish community residing in Sao Paulo, Brazil, we extensively evaluated the characteristics - including clinical, functional and sociodemographic - of 496 older people. Quality of life was assessed using the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF), while the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) was used to measure depressive symptoms.RESULTS: After adjusting for potential confounders, we found that GDS score (β = -0.07; P = 0.04) and cancer (β = -0.47; P = 0.05) were associated with a low WHOQOL-BREF score.CONCLUSION: Depressive symptoms and cancer were independently associated with low HRQoL among older people living in Brazil.
KW - ageing
KW - comorbidity
KW - health-related quality of life
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U2 - 10.1111/ajag.12581
DO - 10.1111/ajag.12581
M3 - Article
C2 - 30171658
SN - 1440-6381
VL - 38
SP - E7-E11
JO - Australasian Journal on Ageing
JF - Australasian Journal on Ageing
IS - 1
ER -