Depression and cancer were independently associated with quality of life in Brazilian older people

Ritti‐Dias, Raphael M, Cucato, Gabriel, Matos, Luciana Diniz Nagem Janot, Cendoroglo, Maysa Seabra, Nasri, Fabio, Wolosker, Nelson, Costa, Maria Luiza Monteiro and Gazelato de Mello Franco, Fabio (2019) Depression and cancer were independently associated with quality of life in Brazilian older people. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 38 (1). E7-E11. ISSN 1440-6381

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To analyse the factors associated with low health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in older people living in Brazil.

METHODS: In this cross-sectional study of the Jewish community residing in Sao Paulo, Brazil, we extensively evaluated the characteristics - including clinical, functional and sociodemographic - of 496 older people. Quality of life was assessed using the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF), while the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) was used to measure depressive symptoms.

RESULTS: After adjusting for potential confounders, we found that GDS score (β = -0.07; P = 0.04) and cancer (β = -0.47; P = 0.05) were associated with a low WHOQOL-BREF score.

CONCLUSION: Depressive symptoms and cancer were independently associated with low HRQoL among older people living in Brazil.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	ageing, comorbidity, health-related quality of life
Subjects:	B700 Nursing B900 Others in Subjects allied to Medicine
Department:	Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation
Depositing User:	Elena Carlaw
Date Deposited:	19 Nov 2019 15:57
Last Modified:	20 Nov 2019 10:22
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/41526

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