Damayanthi, Hewaratne Dassanayakege Wimala Thushari and Moy, Foong Ming and Abdullah, Khatijah Lim and Dharmaratne, Samath Dhamminda (2018) Health related quality of life and its associated factors among community-dwelling older people in Sri Lanka: A cross-sectional study. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 76. pp. 215-220. ISSN 0167-4943, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2018.03.009.
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Background: Population ageing has become a public health issue as it is associated with increased morbidity, institutionalization and death. These may directly affect health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of older people. Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate HRQOL and its associated factors among community-dwelling older people in Kandy district, Sri Lanka. Method: This cross-sectional survey involved 1300 older people. The Euro 5D-3L, International Physical Activity Questionnaire, body mass index, handgrip strength were used to measure HRQOL, physical activity and nutritional status of older people respectively. Factors associated with health-related quality of life were identified through complex sample logistic regression analysis. Results: Majority of older people (81.9%) reported poor health-related quality of life. Middle old (aOR: 12.06, 95% CI: 5.76, 25.23), very old (aOR: 174.74, 95% CI: 39.74, 768.38), vegetarian diets (aOR: 2.13, 95% CI: 1.14, 3.96), under-nutrition (aOR: 3.41, 95% CI: 1.65, 7.04) and over-nutrition (aOR: 1.85, 95% CI: 1.04, 3.28) were significantly associated with poor HRQOL. Using dentures (aOR: 0.05, 95% CI: 0.28, 0.90) was found as a protective factor for poor HRQOL. Conclusions: HRQOL was poor among community-dwelling older people in Kandy district. Nutrition-related factors need to be further investigated to improve HRQOL among older people.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Health-related quality of life; Older people; Sri Lanka |
| Subjects: | R Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Sep 2019 05:17 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Sep 2019 05:17 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/22174 |
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