Quality of Life and Depression in the Individuals Above 65 Years Old Cross-Sectional Study in Altindag Neighborhood of Izmir City
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2023
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Asia Pacific League Clinical Gerontology & Geriatrics
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Background/Purpose: The present study aimed at investigating the relationship between the quality of life and depression in the elderly individuals above 65 years old in Altindag Neighborhood in Bornova County of Izmir. Methods: A cross sectional study was performed in Altindag, Izmir Province. A sample was selected from individuals over 65 years of age (n=609) registered with two family physicians. The number of people that should be reached by the EPI INFO 2007 program was calculated as 230 people based on the previous studies with a prevalence of 40%, sample errors of 5%, and a confidence interval of 95%. The questionnaire was applied face-to-face to 230 elderly people who applied to a family health center to receive any health service, agreed to participate in the study, and were selected by a simple random sampling method. Data were collected using the questionnaire developed by the investigators, WHOQOL-OLD Scale developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and consisting of 6 domains, and the Geriatric Depression Scale. Descriptive statistics, t-test for independent groups, correlation test, and logistic regression were used for the statistical evaluation. Results: Mean age of the participants was 73.6 +/- 6.2 years (range: 65-91 years). According to the Geriatric Depression Scale, 35.2% of the participants (n=81) had depression symptoms (n=81). It was found that depressive signs were more common in the female participants and in the participants with a low level of education, low level of income who was retired, and who had divorced, never married, or whose spouse died. It was found that rate of observing depressive signs were 3.24 folds higher in the unemployed participants. There was a negative correlation between the quality of life sub-scores and depression. There was a strong negative relationship between sensory abilities, death, and dying sub-scores. Autonomy, social participation, intimacy, total score averages, and depression score averages were found to be moderately negative. Conclusion: This study found a significant association between severity of depression and poorer QOL. However, depression was not associated with death and dying. It is important to improve quality of life and strengthen family and social relationships of the individual as preventive strategies against depression in the elderly people. Copyright (c) 2023, Asian Association for Frailty and Sarcopenia and Taiwan Association for Integrated Care. Published by Full Universe Integrated Marketing Limited.
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Elderly; Quality Of Life; Depression
