ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023
Association between Sense of Loneliness and Quality of Life in Older Adults with Multimorbidity.
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- Loneliness and low life satisfaction associated with older adults' poor oral health.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundMultimorbidity has been associated with adverse health outcomes, such as reduced physical function, poor quality-of-life (QoL), poor self-rated health.
objectiveThe association between quality of life, social support, sense of loneliness and sex and age in older adult patients affected by two or more chronic diseases (multimorbidity) was evaluated.
methodsPatients n. 162 with multimorbidity and living with family members. TESTS: MMSE-Mini-Mental-State-Examination; ADL-Activities of Daily Living; Social Schedule: demographic variables; Loneliness Scale -de Jong Gierveld; Quality-of-Life-FACT-G; WHOQOL-BRIEF Social relationships. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Multivariate Regression Analysis.
resultsThe patients with three or more diseases have worse dimensions of FACT-G total score (
conclusionsA sense of loneliness and advancing age are associated with bad quality-of life in self-sufficient elderly patients with multimorbidity. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: Demonstrating that loneliness, as well as in the presence of interpersonal relations, is predictive of worse quality of life in patients with multimorbidity helps identify people most at risk for common symptoms and lays the groundwork for research concerning both diagnosis and treatment.
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