Factors Associated with Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Persons Residing in Nursing Homes.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important patient-related outcome for the assessment of interventions and treatments in older people. Understanding underlying mechanisms for HRQoL is crucial for improving care, rehabilitation and symptom relief. This study examined the associations between HRQoL and frailty, sarcopenia, dependence of ADL, physical function and nutritional status in older nursing home (NH) residents.

Patients and methods

This is a cross-sectional study employing baseline data from the Older Person's Exercise and Nutrition (OPEN) study. Residents ≥75 years and able to stand up from seated position, residing in eight nursing homes in Sweden, were recruited. The EuroQoL 5-dimension Questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L, 0-1) was used to assess HRQoL. For

SUBMITTER: Bostrom AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9664909 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature