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ArticleAging clinical and experimental research2024

Disposition of improving quality of life in older adults: the case of Lithuania.

Inga Iždonaitė-Medžiūnienė, Laura Preikšaitienė

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Article in Aging clinical and experimental research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Inga Iždonaitė-MedžiūnienėSMK University of Applied Sciences, Liepų g. 83B, 92195, Klaipėda, Lithuania. i.medziuniene@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1249-6923
Laura PreikšaitienėSMK University of Applied Sciences, Liepų g. 83B, 92195, Klaipėda, Lithuania.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundQuality of life is a phenomenon that recently required lots of concern, especially for older adults, since healthy aging and longevity have become the focus in life. Most research on the quality of life addresses certain issues of older people having special diseases, health problems, and disorders. Our research is based on holistic quality of life empowering multiple areas of life/domains of older adults without addressing their diseases or health disorders.

aimOur research aims at evaluating the quality of life of the research participants (older people), addressing their problematic areas and suggestions for better quality of life.

methodsThe conducted research implied mixed methods as quantitative survey and reflection based on interviews. We chose participants from the III age university and the ongoing project "Healthy Aging Program".

resultsThe research results showed the lowest ratings for emotional and physical health and the highest rating for social health. Also, older adults tend to avoid specifying precise measures to improve their quality of life and demonstrate a more conservative stance regarding the implementation of more radical changes in improving water consumption, exercising, meal planning, and enhancing psychosocial well-being.

conclusionsThe overall quality of life rating was lower than the average. Older adults are not sufficiently prepared or educated to make significant changes to develop healthier habits in their quality-of-life improvement, though, they demonstrate concern about their quality of life.

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LongevityQuality of LifeAgedExerciseHumansLithuaniaSurveys and QuestionnairesAssessment of the quality of lifeMeasures/actions to improve quality of lifeOlder adults’ quality of lifeQuality of life

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