Differences in the quality of life dependent on family status of the elderly living in rural areas – a cross-sectional survey
| Autor: | Magdalena Czarkowska, Marta Czekirda, Dorota Nalepa, Paweł Chruściel, Violetta Mianowana, Tomasz Derewiecki, Klaudia Jakubowska, Katarzyna Małgorzata Szczekala |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Rural Population Aging family Cross-sectional study media_common.quotation_subject elderly lcsh:Agriculture 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life Surveys and Questionnaires Perception loneliness medicine Humans Statistical analysis 030212 general & internal medicine Waste Management and Disposal Eastern Poland lcsh:Environmental sciences Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Aged media_common Aged 80 and over lcsh:GE1-350 Social network business.industry lcsh:S Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Loneliness Middle Aged Cross-Sectional Studies quality of life Female Poland Rural area medicine.symptom business Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Demography |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, Vol 25, Iss 3, Pp 532-538 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 1898-2263 1232-1966 |
| DOI: | 10.26444/aaem/93501 |
| Popis: | Introduction A factor that conditions the perception of the quality of life (QoL) is having a social network and relationships within it. The quality of life of seniors is assumed to be at a higher level if they are surrounded by those close to them in comparison to those living alone. The aim of the study was to assess differences in the quality of life of elderly rural residents depending on their family status. Material and methods Due to the random and mixed selection of respondents, the study comprised a group of 588 representatives living in rural areas of Eastern Poland. The differentiated criterion of the groups of senior respondents was their family situation: living with a family or living alone. Assessment of the quality of life was conducted by means of the WHOQoL-bref questionnaire. The Mann-Whitney tests and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to carry out statistical analysis of the data. Results The respondents who lived with their families differed statistically to a significant extent (p |
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