We used the Karukera Study of Aging-Drugs Storage (KASADS), an observational, cross-sectional study on community-dwelling older people living in Guadeloupe. A visual analogue scale ranging from 0 to 100 was used to assess HRQoL.
The study sample consisted of 115 patients aged 65 years or older; 67.8% were women. Participants were 76 (±7.8) years old with a mean HRQoL of 66.2 (±20.3). The correlates of HRQoL were complaints of pain (p < 0.001) and IADL dependency (p = 0.030) after adjustment. We found no significant interactions between HRQoL and other variables such as marital status, socio-educational level and cognitive decline.
Pain and IADL dependency were independently associated with lower HRQoL in community-dwelling older people in Guadeloupe.
方法:我们使用了Karukera衰老药物储存研究(KASADS),
结果:研究样本包括115名65岁或以上的患者;67.8%为女性。
结论:在瓜德罗普岛社区居住的老年人中,疼痛和IADL依赖性与较低的HRQoL独立相关。