Original scientific paper

Life satisfaction and health assessment in older people

Mira Klarin orcid.org/0000-0003-4138-7531 ; Sveučilište u Zadru
Ivana Telebar ; Sveučilište u Zadru

Abstract

The aim of this research was to establish the role of gender, age and health condition in satisfaction with life in older people. A research was thus performed on a sample of 260 older people in a home for the elderly and helpless.
The Life satisfaction scale and Anxiety and depression scale were applied. General health assessment was acquired on the basis of assessment on one claim.
Based on the research results, we can come to the conclusion that there are no differences with reference to gender or age in satisfaction with life. We have also established that the satisfaction with life assessment has slightly been shifted to higher values and that satisfaction with life is significantly connected with all health measures. In checking the predictive value of different health aspects, anxiety and depression have been separated as variables that significantly contribute to explaining satisfaction with life in older people.

Keywords

satisfaction with life; depression; anxiety; health; older age

Hrčak ID:

219607

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/219607

Publication date:

17.4.2019.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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