Izvorni znanstveni članak
Quality of Life After Stroke in Old Age: Comparison of Persons Living in Nursing Home and Those Living in Their Own Home
Lovorka Brajković
; Clinical Psychological Medicine, University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Ana Godan
; Godan Home for the Elderly and Disables Person, Zagreb, Croatia
Ljiljana Godan
; Godan Home for the Elderly and Disables Person, Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
Aim To determine the differences in subjective quality of
life between elderly people living in a nursing home and
those living in their own homes after brain stroke, and to
determine the contribution of demographic variables and
different quality of life domains to the explanation of selfassessed
quality of life.
Methods The study included 60 elderly men and women,
30 living in their own homes (median age, 81; range, 72-90)
and 30 living in a nursing home (median age, 81; range, 72-
86). Both groups received care (stationary or ambulatory)
from the same nursing home. World Health Organization
Quality of Life Questionnaire – short version, self-assessed
quality of life questionnaire, and demographic questionnaire
were used to collect data on subjective quality of life.
The participants completed self-report questionnaires individually.
Results Quality of life scores were significantly higher
in the elderly living in a nursing home than in the elderly
living in their own home (mean ± standard deviation,
78.7 ± 12.8 vs 59.3 ± 17.3 out of maximum 100, P < 0.001).
Also, the elderly living in the nursing home scored significantly
higher than those living in their own home on all 4
quality of life domains (maximum 100 for each domain):
physical (28.5 ± 3.3 vs 17.2 ± 5.0), psychological (22.3 ± 3.7
vs 16.3 ± 5.0), social relationships (11.4 ± 1.6 vs 8.3 ± 1.7),
and environment (32.8 ± 4.6 vs 24.0 ± 6.1) domain (P < 0.001
for all). All predictive variables together explained 51.9% of
quality of life variance, with self-assessed health being the
most significant predictor.
Conclusion Quality of life of the elderly in a nursing home
was significantly higher than that of their peers living in
their own home, which may be related to better care in
specially organized settings.
Ključne riječi
aging; health; illness; loneliness; nursing home; quality of life
Hrčak ID:
38824
URI
Datum izdavanja:
15.4.2009.
Posjeta: 2.114 *