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Quality of Life in Elders with Suspected Alzheimer Disease: An Urban Health Centers-Based Study from Iran
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Quality of life (QOL) and Alzheimer disease (AD) among older people have been recognized as public health challenges. Here, we investigated the association between QOL and AD in the elders. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, elderly people were selected from urban health center...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7772886/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33442391 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000511397 |
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author | Honarvar, Behnam Khaksar, Elahe Jafari, Fatemeh Zahedroozegar, Mohammad Hassan Amiri, Sanaz |
author_facet | Honarvar, Behnam Khaksar, Elahe Jafari, Fatemeh Zahedroozegar, Mohammad Hassan Amiri, Sanaz |
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description | BACKGROUND/AIMS: Quality of life (QOL) and Alzheimer disease (AD) among older people have been recognized as public health challenges. Here, we investigated the association between QOL and AD in the elders. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, elderly people were selected from urban health centers (Shiraz, Iran) by multistage cluster random sampling and were interviewed using LEIPAD (for QOL) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (for AD) questionnaires. The data was analyzed using Mplus (version 6.12) and IBM SPSS (version 25) software. RESULTS: The participants consisted of 182 elderly with a mean age of 67 ± 5.05 years, and 95 (52.2%) of them were females. There were 161 (88.5%) and 130 (71.4%) cases educated up to 12 years and married, respectively. Furthermore, 46 (25.3%) had low-to-moderate QOL, and 132 (72.5%) were suspected to have AD. QOL was inversely associated with AD, and men (β = −0.310) were more affected than women (β = −0.290). AD (β = −0.298), age (β = −0.288), hypertension (β = −0.267), education (β = 0.260), and body mass index (β = −0.198) were determinants of QOL. Also, physical activity was indirectly associated with QOL (β = 0.076). AD was correlated with the cognitive functioning component of QOL (r = −0.72). CONCLUSION: One elder out of 4, did not have desirable QOL and 3 elders out of 4 were suspected to have AD. AD can decrease QOL among the older people. Screening of the elders for AD is recommended to improve their QOL by health centers. |
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spelling | pubmed-77728862021-01-12 Quality of Life in Elders with Suspected Alzheimer Disease: An Urban Health Centers-Based Study from Iran Honarvar, Behnam Khaksar, Elahe Jafari, Fatemeh Zahedroozegar, Mohammad Hassan Amiri, Sanaz Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra Research Article BACKGROUND/AIMS: Quality of life (QOL) and Alzheimer disease (AD) among older people have been recognized as public health challenges. Here, we investigated the association between QOL and AD in the elders. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, elderly people were selected from urban health centers (Shiraz, Iran) by multistage cluster random sampling and were interviewed using LEIPAD (for QOL) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (for AD) questionnaires. The data was analyzed using Mplus (version 6.12) and IBM SPSS (version 25) software. RESULTS: The participants consisted of 182 elderly with a mean age of 67 ± 5.05 years, and 95 (52.2%) of them were females. There were 161 (88.5%) and 130 (71.4%) cases educated up to 12 years and married, respectively. Furthermore, 46 (25.3%) had low-to-moderate QOL, and 132 (72.5%) were suspected to have AD. QOL was inversely associated with AD, and men (β = −0.310) were more affected than women (β = −0.290). AD (β = −0.298), age (β = −0.288), hypertension (β = −0.267), education (β = 0.260), and body mass index (β = −0.198) were determinants of QOL. Also, physical activity was indirectly associated with QOL (β = 0.076). AD was correlated with the cognitive functioning component of QOL (r = −0.72). CONCLUSION: One elder out of 4, did not have desirable QOL and 3 elders out of 4 were suspected to have AD. AD can decrease QOL among the older people. Screening of the elders for AD is recommended to improve their QOL by health centers. S. Karger AG 2020-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7772886/ /pubmed/33442391 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000511397 Text en Copyright © 2020 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes as well as any distribution of modified material requires written permission. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Honarvar, Behnam Khaksar, Elahe Jafari, Fatemeh Zahedroozegar, Mohammad Hassan Amiri, Sanaz Quality of Life in Elders with Suspected Alzheimer Disease: An Urban Health Centers-Based Study from Iran |
title | Quality of Life in Elders with Suspected Alzheimer Disease: An Urban Health Centers-Based Study from Iran |
title_full | Quality of Life in Elders with Suspected Alzheimer Disease: An Urban Health Centers-Based Study from Iran |
title_fullStr | Quality of Life in Elders with Suspected Alzheimer Disease: An Urban Health Centers-Based Study from Iran |
title_full_unstemmed | Quality of Life in Elders with Suspected Alzheimer Disease: An Urban Health Centers-Based Study from Iran |
title_short | Quality of Life in Elders with Suspected Alzheimer Disease: An Urban Health Centers-Based Study from Iran |
title_sort | quality of life in elders with suspected alzheimer disease: an urban health centers-based study from iran |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7772886/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33442391 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000511397 |
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