Relationship between activities of daily living and depression among older adults and the quality of life of family caregivers
Article Category: Original Article
Online veröffentlicht: 14. Aug. 2018
Seitenbereich: 97 - 104
Eingereicht: 03. Jan. 2018
Akzeptiert: 26. Feb. 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2018-0013
Schlüsselwörter
© 2018 Hui Xie, Pei-Wen Chen, Long Zhao, Xuan Sun, Xian-Jie Jia, published by Sciendo
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.
Objective
The purposes of this study were to explore the associations of activities of daily living (ADL) and depression among older adults with family caregivers’ quality of life and provide evidence for improving family caregivers’ quality of life.
Methods
Older adults (
Results
The older adults’ ADL and depression scores were 21±7 and 11±6, respectively. Approximately 69.9% of older adults had declining or severely impaired ADL, and 47.1% had mild or moderate-to-severe depression. Family caregivers’ mean quality of life score was 529±100. There was a negative correlation of older adults’ ADL and depression with caregivers’ quality of life. The correlation coefficient between ADL and the SF-36 mental component summary score was stronger than it was with the SF-36 physical component summary score.
Conclusions
The ADL and depression of older adults influenced family caregivers’ quality of life. Psychological health deserves closer attention, especially that of caregivers of disabled older adults.