Analysis of the Health Related Quality of Life Elderly People Living in Rural Areas

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/0208-6018.348.06

Keywords:

health related quality of life, older people, rural areas

Abstract

In connection with the aging of the population and the increase in the number of people with chronic illnesses, the priority objective for health care has become not only lengthening life, but also improving quality of life in older persons, as well as maintenance of their relative independence and active participation in social life. The most important factor in determining quality of life is health. Therefore, within this concept is used the term ‘health related quality of life’ which means quality of life designated state of health, current illnesses and the natural ageing process. The main goal of the present study was to investigate the health related quality of life of elderly people living in rural areas and to identify its determinants. The group of respondents consisted 203 people aged 65 years and over living in rural areas in Małopolska. The analysis of collected research material was performed using the statistical package SPSS 19 for Windows. The level of significance for the tested the hypotheses assumed value of 0.05. Elderly people who living in rural areas showed lower health related quality of life in physical dimension than in psychological dimension. The factors that determined this assessment including: sex, age, family situation, housing and financial situation, agricultural work in the past, health status, functional state, the risk of malnutrition, the type of the support and the level of life satisfaction of respondents.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Aghamolaei T., Zare S., Tavafian S. S. (2010), Health Related Quality of Life in Elderly People Living in Bandar Abbas, Iran: A Population‑Based Study, „Acta Medica Iranica”, t. 48, nr 3, s. 185–191.
Google Scholar

Barrett A. J., Murk P. J. (2006), Life Satisfaction Index for the Third Age (LSITA): A Measurement of Successful Aging, [w:] E. P. Isaac (red.), Proceedings of the 2006 Midwest Research‑to‑Practice Conference in Adult. Continuing, and Community Education, University of Missouri, St. Louis, s. 7–12.
Google Scholar

Barrocas A., White J. V., Gomez C., Smithwick L. (1996), Assessing health status in the elderly: the nutrition screening initiative, „Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved”, t. 7, nr 3, s. 210–218.
Google Scholar

Belvis A. G., Avolio A., Spagnolo A., Damiani G. S. (2008), Factors associated with health‑related quality of life: the role of social relationships among the elderly in an Italian region, „Public Health”, t. 122, nr 8, s. 784–793.
Google Scholar DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2007.08.018

Benjamin‑Coleman R., Alexy B. (1999), Use of the SF-36 to identify community dwelling rural elderly at risk for hospitalization, „Public Health Nurs”, t. 16, s. 223–227.
Google Scholar

Borders T. F., Aday L. A. (2004), Factors associated with health‑related quality of life among an older population in a largely rural western region, „Journal Rural Health”, t. 20, nr 1, s. 67–75.
Google Scholar

Campbell A., Converse P. E., Rodgers W. L. (1976), The Quality of American Life: Perceptions, Evaluations, and Satisfaction, Russell Sage, New York.
Google Scholar

Dalh E., Birkelund G. E. (1997), Health inequalities in later life in a social democratic welfare state, „Social Science and Medicine”, t. 39, s. 871–881.
Google Scholar

Goins R. T., Mitchell J. (1999), Health‑related quality of life: does rurality matter?, „Journal Rural Health”, t. 15, nr 1, s. 147–156.
Google Scholar

Guallar‑Castillona P., Sendinoa A. R., Banegas J. R. (2005), Differences in quality of life between women and men in the older population of Spain, „Social Science and Medicine”, t. 60, nr 6, s. 1229–1240.
Google Scholar

Guimaraes‑Lima M., Barros M. B., Cesar C. L., Goldbaum M. (2009), Health related quality of life among the elderly: population based study using SF-36 survey, „Cad Saude Publica, Rio de Janerio”, t. 25, nr 10, s. 2159–2167.
Google Scholar

Halicka M., Halicki J. (2002), Praca zawodowa i jej znaczenie w życiu człowieka starego, [w:] B. Synak (red.), Polska starość, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego, Gdańsk, s. 173–188.
Google Scholar

Hornquist J. O. (1980), The concept of quality of life, „Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine”, t. 10, s. 57–61.
Google Scholar

Kempen G. I., Miedema I., Ormel J., Molenaar W. (1996), The assessment of disability with the Groningen Activity Restriction Scale. Conceptual framework and psychometric properties, „Social Science and Medicine”, t. 43, nr 11, s. 1601–1610.
Google Scholar

Magilvy J. K., Congdon J. G. (2000), The crisis of health care transitions for rural older adults, „Public Health Nursing”, t. 17, nr 5, s. 336–345.
Google Scholar

Marcinowicz L., Sienkiewicz J. (2003), Badanie trafności i rzetelności polskiej wersji kwestionariusza SF-36: wyniki wstępne, „Przegląd Lekarski”, t. 67, nr 12, s. 103–106.
Google Scholar

Osborne R. H., Hawthorne G., Lew E., Gray L. C. (2003), Quality of life assessment in the community‑dwelling elderly: Validation of the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) Instrument and comparison with the SF-36, „Journal of Clinical Epidemiology”, t. 56, nr 2, s. 138–147.
Google Scholar

Ostrzyżek A., Marcinkowski J. T. (2012), Jakość życia jako pozytywny wskaźnik zdrowia, „Hygeia Public Health”, t. 47, nr 4, s. 408–411.
Google Scholar

Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 4 sierpnia 2016 r. w sprawie Narodowego Programu Zdrowia na lata 2016–2020.
Google Scholar

Schipper H. (1990), Quality of life: principles of the clinical paradigm, „Journal of Psychosocial Oncology”, nr 8, s. 171–185.
Google Scholar

Sherbourne C. D., Stewart A. L. (1991), The MOS social support survey, „Social Science and Medicine”, t. 6, nr 32, s. 705–714.
Google Scholar

Singh R., Dixit S. (2010), Health‑Related Quality of Life and Health Management, „Journal of Health Management”, t. 12, nr 2, s. 153–172.
Google Scholar

Trafiałek E. (2003), Polska starość w dobie przemian, Wydawnictwo Śląsk, Katowice.
Google Scholar

Tryfan B. (1993), Wiejska starość w Europie, Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Rozwoju Wsi i Rolnictwa, Warszawa.
Google Scholar

Walters S. J., Murno J. F., Brazjer J. E. (2001), Using the SF-36 with older adults: a cross‑sectional community based Survey, „Age Ageing”, t. 30, nr 4, s. 337–343.
Google Scholar

Ware J. E., Sherbourne C. D. (1992), The MOS 36‑item short‑form health survey (SF-36): conceptual framework and item selection, „Medical Care”, t. 30, nr 6, s. 473–483.
Google Scholar

Waszkiewicz L., Einhorn J., Połtyn‑Zaradna K. (2012), Ocena jakości życia Polaków w wieku podeszłym, [w:] M. Mossakowska, A. Więcek, P. Błędowski (red.), Aspekty medyczne, psychologiczne, socjologiczne i ekonomiczne starzenia się ludzi w Polsce, Termedia Wydawnictwo Medyczne, Poznań, s. 549–561.
Google Scholar

Wojszel Z. B. (2009), Geriatryczne zespoły niesprawności i usługi opiekuńcze w późnej starości. Analiza wielowymiarowa na przykładzie wybranych środowisk województwa podlaskiego, Trans Humana, Białystok.
Google Scholar

Zagożdżon P., Kolarzyk E., Marcinkowski J. T. (2011), Quality of life and rural place of residence in Polish women‑population based study, „Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine”, t. 18, nr 2, s. 429–432.
Google Scholar

Published

2020-06-22

How to Cite

Mirczak, A. (2020). Analysis of the Health Related Quality of Life Elderly People Living in Rural Areas. Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica, 3(348), 113–129. https://doi.org/10.18778/0208-6018.348.06

Issue

Section

Articles