Health-Related Quality of Life of Older Adults in Costa Rica as Measured by the Short-Form-36 Health Survey
| Autor: | José Moncada-Jiménez, Mirjana Ivanisevic, David K. Johnson, Esmeralda Valdivieso-Mora, Mónica Salazar-Villanea, Mauricio Garnier-Villarreal, Leslie A. Shaw, Zachary D. Green |
|---|---|
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Gerontology
Costa Rica Aging SF-36 Short form 36 lcsh:Geriatrics Article 613.043 8 Personas en edad adulta tardía 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life (healthcare) 0504 sociology Clinical Research Urbanity Behavioral and Social Science 030212 general & internal medicine older adults Health related quality of life 4. Education 05 social sciences 050401 social sciences methods Mental health Confirmatory factor analysis Test (assessment) rural/urban differences health-related quality of life lcsh:RC952-954.6 population characteristics Generic health relevance Geriatrics and Gerontology Psychology geographic locations |
| Zdroj: | Gerontology and geriatric medicine Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine, vol.4, pp. 1–13 Kérwá Universidad de Costa Rica instacron:UCR Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Vol 4 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2333-7214 |
| Popis: | Objective: To test the validity of a common measure of health-related quality of life (Short-Form-36 [SF-36]) in cognitively healthy older adults living in rural and urban Costa Rica. Method: Confirmatory factor analysis was applied to SF-36 data collected in 250 older adults from San Jose and Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Results: The best fitting model for the SF-36 was an eight first-order factor structure. A high correlation between the Mental Component Summary and Physical Component Summary scores was found. Region differences indicated that rural dwellers perceive a poorer health-related quality of life compared with the urban group. Discussion: Costa Rican older adults perceived health as a unidimensional construct. Age and urbanity of older adult Costa Ricans should be appreciated when trying to measure self-reported physical and mental health. Cultural context of the individuals should be considered when studying health-related quality of life. Fogarty International Center/[R21TW009665]/FIC/Estados Unidos National Institute on Aging/[P30AG010129]/NIA/Estados Unidos Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research/[P30AG043097]/RCMAR/Estados Unidos UCR::Vicerrectoría de Investigación::Unidades de Investigación::Ciencias Sociales::Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Movimiento Humano (CIMOHU) UCR::Vicerrectoría de Investigación::Unidades de Investigación::Ciencias Sociales::Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas (IIP) |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|