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Quality of Life of the Elderly during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Asian Countries: A Cross-Sectional Study across Six Countries

Background: Few studies have explored the determinants of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in the elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Identifying these factors may help implement appropriate policies to enhance HRQoL in the elderly. Therefore, we aimed to identify the predictors of physical...

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Autores principales: Marzo, Roy Rillera, Khanal, Praval, Ahmad, Absar, Rathore, Farooq Azam, Chauhan, Shekhar, Singh, Akansha, Shrestha, Sunil, AlRifai, Ayesha, Lotfizadeh, Masoud, Younus, Delan Ameen, Billah, Md. Arif, Rahman, Farzana, Sivaladchanam, Yalini, Mohan, Devi, Su, Tin Tin
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8948612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35330116
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life12030365
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author Marzo, Roy Rillera
Khanal, Praval
Ahmad, Absar
Rathore, Farooq Azam
Chauhan, Shekhar
Singh, Akansha
Shrestha, Sunil
AlRifai, Ayesha
Lotfizadeh, Masoud
Younus, Delan Ameen
Billah, Md. Arif
Rahman, Farzana
Sivaladchanam, Yalini
Mohan, Devi
Su, Tin Tin
author_facet Marzo, Roy Rillera
Khanal, Praval
Ahmad, Absar
Rathore, Farooq Azam
Chauhan, Shekhar
Singh, Akansha
Shrestha, Sunil
AlRifai, Ayesha
Lotfizadeh, Masoud
Younus, Delan Ameen
Billah, Md. Arif
Rahman, Farzana
Sivaladchanam, Yalini
Mohan, Devi
Su, Tin Tin
author_sort Marzo, Roy Rillera
collection PubMed
description Background: Few studies have explored the determinants of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in the elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Identifying these factors may help implement appropriate policies to enhance HRQoL in the elderly. Therefore, we aimed to identify the predictors of physical and mental component summary (PCS and MCS) scores of HRQoL in selected six low- and middle-income Asian countries. Methods: We conducted an online survey of older people aged ≥55 years in six countries: Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, Malaysia, Palestine, and Sri Lanka. The Stark QoL questionnaire was used to measure the PCS and MCS scores. Univariate and multiple variable analyses after adjusting for confounders were performed to identify the possible predictors of PCS and MCS. Results: A total of 1644 older people (69.1 ± 7.8 years, range 55–97 years, Female: 50.9%) responded to the survey. We documented age, country of residence, marital status, number of male children, current employment status, and health insurance, ability to pay household bills, frequency of family members visits and receiving support during COVID-19 pandemic predicted both PCS and MCS. However, gender, residence, and number of female children were associated with PCS only (all p < 0.05). Conclusion: Socio-demographic factors such as age, country of residence, marital status, number of male children, current employment status, health insurance, ability to pay household bills, frequency of family members visiting family members, and receiving support during the COVID-19 pandemic affecting both physical and mental quality of life. These results can guide formulating health care planning policies to enhance QoL during COVID-19 and future pandemics in the elderly.
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spelling pubmed-89486122022-03-26 Quality of Life of the Elderly during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Asian Countries: A Cross-Sectional Study across Six Countries Marzo, Roy Rillera Khanal, Praval Ahmad, Absar Rathore, Farooq Azam Chauhan, Shekhar Singh, Akansha Shrestha, Sunil AlRifai, Ayesha Lotfizadeh, Masoud Younus, Delan Ameen Billah, Md. Arif Rahman, Farzana Sivaladchanam, Yalini Mohan, Devi Su, Tin Tin Life (Basel) Article Background: Few studies have explored the determinants of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in the elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Identifying these factors may help implement appropriate policies to enhance HRQoL in the elderly. Therefore, we aimed to identify the predictors of physical and mental component summary (PCS and MCS) scores of HRQoL in selected six low- and middle-income Asian countries. Methods: We conducted an online survey of older people aged ≥55 years in six countries: Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, Malaysia, Palestine, and Sri Lanka. The Stark QoL questionnaire was used to measure the PCS and MCS scores. Univariate and multiple variable analyses after adjusting for confounders were performed to identify the possible predictors of PCS and MCS. Results: A total of 1644 older people (69.1 ± 7.8 years, range 55–97 years, Female: 50.9%) responded to the survey. We documented age, country of residence, marital status, number of male children, current employment status, and health insurance, ability to pay household bills, frequency of family members visits and receiving support during COVID-19 pandemic predicted both PCS and MCS. However, gender, residence, and number of female children were associated with PCS only (all p < 0.05). Conclusion: Socio-demographic factors such as age, country of residence, marital status, number of male children, current employment status, health insurance, ability to pay household bills, frequency of family members visiting family members, and receiving support during the COVID-19 pandemic affecting both physical and mental quality of life. These results can guide formulating health care planning policies to enhance QoL during COVID-19 and future pandemics in the elderly. MDPI 2022-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8948612/ /pubmed/35330116 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life12030365 Text en © 2022 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/).
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Marzo, Roy Rillera
Khanal, Praval
Ahmad, Absar
Rathore, Farooq Azam
Chauhan, Shekhar
Singh, Akansha
Shrestha, Sunil
AlRifai, Ayesha
Lotfizadeh, Masoud
Younus, Delan Ameen
Billah, Md. Arif
Rahman, Farzana
Sivaladchanam, Yalini
Mohan, Devi
Su, Tin Tin
Quality of Life of the Elderly during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Asian Countries: A Cross-Sectional Study across Six Countries
title Quality of Life of the Elderly during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Asian Countries: A Cross-Sectional Study across Six Countries
title_full Quality of Life of the Elderly during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Asian Countries: A Cross-Sectional Study across Six Countries
title_fullStr Quality of Life of the Elderly during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Asian Countries: A Cross-Sectional Study across Six Countries
title_full_unstemmed Quality of Life of the Elderly during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Asian Countries: A Cross-Sectional Study across Six Countries
title_short Quality of Life of the Elderly during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Asian Countries: A Cross-Sectional Study across Six Countries
title_sort quality of life of the elderly during the covid-19 pandemic in asian countries: a cross-sectional study across six countries
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8948612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35330116
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life12030365
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