Quality of life profiles and its association with predictors amongst Chinese older adults in nursing homes: a latent profile analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recently developments in the field of positive psychology have provided new perspectives for understanding the connection between individual variation in Quality of life (QoL) and positive aspects of human potential, strengths, and resources, commanding increasing attention. This study aimed to examine self-reported quality of life (QoL) profiles and the association of QoL profiles with positive psychosocial characteristics in Chinese older adults.

Methods

A convenient sample of 354 older adults in nursing homes was recruited from Guangdong Province, China, between November 2020 and January 2021. Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) was conducted to explore QoL profiles using the four WHOQOL-BREF domains as input variables. Multinomial logistic regression was performed t

SUBMITTER: Liu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10644486 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature