Health-related quality of life among community-dwelling people aged 80 years and over: a cross-sectional study in France.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The proportion of people living to a very old age is continuously increasing. One of the possibilities explored in policies and services to meet this health and societal challenge is to encourage the very old to continue living at home. This initiative is in line with the wishes of most elderly people. However, owing to the great changes that occur during old age attention should be paid to health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The aims of this study were to assess HRQoL in French community-dwelling people aged 80 years and over and to investigate the sociodemographic and health characteristics and life events associated with HRQoL. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was conducted in France to assess the HRQoL of people aged 80 years or more living at home. All people recruited w

SUBMITTER: Jalenques I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7206748 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature