Cargando…
The Relationship between Health Perception and Health Predictors among the Elderly across European Countries
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between health perception and health predictors among the elderly. In this study, 376 older adults from four different countries (Hungary, n = 86; Italy, n = 133; Portugal, n = 95; and Spain, n = 62) were analyzed. All subjects completed the EQ-5D-5L...
Autores principales: | , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
MDPI
2021
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8069681/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33921424 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084053 |
_version_ | 1783683294112514048 |
---|---|
author | Silva, Ana F. Cancela, Jose Mª Mollinedo, Irimia Camões, Miguel Bezerra, Pedro |
author_facet | Silva, Ana F. Cancela, Jose Mª Mollinedo, Irimia Camões, Miguel Bezerra, Pedro |
author_sort | Silva, Ana F. |
collection | PubMed |
description | This study aimed to investigate the relationship between health perception and health predictors among the elderly. In this study, 376 older adults from four different countries (Hungary, n = 86; Italy, n = 133; Portugal, n = 95; and Spain, n = 62) were analyzed. All subjects completed the EQ-5D-5L to assess their quality-adjusted life years and were assessed in handgrip (HG) and in Timed Up and Go (TUG) tests. A three-way MANOVA was conducted to analyze the groups based on their age, sex, and country. The interaction effects in all included variables were also considered. The Bonferroni test was also executed as a post hoc test. Any interaction results were noticed. Regarding age, lower perceived quality of life scores and higher TUG results were registered in the oldest group, and greater values of left and right HG results were registered in the second-oldest group. Males showed greater left and right HG values than women. Spain showed lower perceived quality of life scores. Portugal and Italy showed greater HG left values, while Portugal had better HG right values. Hungary produced the greatest TUG scores. Quality of life is dependent on the subject’s age and physical fitness, as increasing age was associated with decreased values of HG and TUG. Only strength was different between sexes. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-8069681 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2021 |
publisher | MDPI |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-80696812021-04-26 The Relationship between Health Perception and Health Predictors among the Elderly across European Countries Silva, Ana F. Cancela, Jose Mª Mollinedo, Irimia Camões, Miguel Bezerra, Pedro Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study aimed to investigate the relationship between health perception and health predictors among the elderly. In this study, 376 older adults from four different countries (Hungary, n = 86; Italy, n = 133; Portugal, n = 95; and Spain, n = 62) were analyzed. All subjects completed the EQ-5D-5L to assess their quality-adjusted life years and were assessed in handgrip (HG) and in Timed Up and Go (TUG) tests. A three-way MANOVA was conducted to analyze the groups based on their age, sex, and country. The interaction effects in all included variables were also considered. The Bonferroni test was also executed as a post hoc test. Any interaction results were noticed. Regarding age, lower perceived quality of life scores and higher TUG results were registered in the oldest group, and greater values of left and right HG results were registered in the second-oldest group. Males showed greater left and right HG values than women. Spain showed lower perceived quality of life scores. Portugal and Italy showed greater HG left values, while Portugal had better HG right values. Hungary produced the greatest TUG scores. Quality of life is dependent on the subject’s age and physical fitness, as increasing age was associated with decreased values of HG and TUG. Only strength was different between sexes. MDPI 2021-04-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8069681/ /pubmed/33921424 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084053 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Silva, Ana F. Cancela, Jose Mª Mollinedo, Irimia Camões, Miguel Bezerra, Pedro The Relationship between Health Perception and Health Predictors among the Elderly across European Countries |
title | The Relationship between Health Perception and Health Predictors among the Elderly across European Countries |
title_full | The Relationship between Health Perception and Health Predictors among the Elderly across European Countries |
title_fullStr | The Relationship between Health Perception and Health Predictors among the Elderly across European Countries |
title_full_unstemmed | The Relationship between Health Perception and Health Predictors among the Elderly across European Countries |
title_short | The Relationship between Health Perception and Health Predictors among the Elderly across European Countries |
title_sort | relationship between health perception and health predictors among the elderly across european countries |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8069681/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33921424 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084053 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT silvaanaf therelationshipbetweenhealthperceptionandhealthpredictorsamongtheelderlyacrosseuropeancountries AT cancelajosema therelationshipbetweenhealthperceptionandhealthpredictorsamongtheelderlyacrosseuropeancountries AT mollinedoirimia therelationshipbetweenhealthperceptionandhealthpredictorsamongtheelderlyacrosseuropeancountries AT camoesmiguel therelationshipbetweenhealthperceptionandhealthpredictorsamongtheelderlyacrosseuropeancountries AT bezerrapedro therelationshipbetweenhealthperceptionandhealthpredictorsamongtheelderlyacrosseuropeancountries AT silvaanaf relationshipbetweenhealthperceptionandhealthpredictorsamongtheelderlyacrosseuropeancountries AT cancelajosema relationshipbetweenhealthperceptionandhealthpredictorsamongtheelderlyacrosseuropeancountries AT mollinedoirimia relationshipbetweenhealthperceptionandhealthpredictorsamongtheelderlyacrosseuropeancountries AT camoesmiguel relationshipbetweenhealthperceptionandhealthpredictorsamongtheelderlyacrosseuropeancountries AT bezerrapedro relationshipbetweenhealthperceptionandhealthpredictorsamongtheelderlyacrosseuropeancountries |