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Active ageing and quality of life: factors associated with participation in leisure activities among institutionalized older adults, with and without dementia.
- Source :
- Aging & Mental Health; Nov2015, Vol. 19 Issue 11, p1031-1041, 11p, 4 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Objectives:Active ageing, considered from the perspective of participation in leisure activities, promotes life satisfaction and personal well-being. The aims of this work are to define and explain leisure activity profiles among institutionalized older adults, considering their sociodemographic characteristics and objective and subjective conditions in relation to their quality of life. Methods:Two samples of institutionalized people aged 60 and over were analysed together: 234 older adults without dementia and 525 with dementia. Sociodemographic, economic, family and social network, and health and functioning variables were selected. Cluster analysis was applied to obtain activity profiles according to the leisure activities, and ordinal regression models were performed to analyse factors associated to activity level. Results:The sample was clustered into three groups of people: active (27%), moderately active (35%) and inactive people (38%). In the final regression model (Nagelkerke pseudoR2= 0.500), a higher level of activity was associated with better cognitive function (Pfeiffer scale), self-perceived health status and functional ability, as well as with a higher frequency of gathering with family and friends, and higher educational level. Conclusion:The decline in physical and mental health, the loss of functional capabilities and the weakening of family and social ties represent a significant barrier to active ageing in a context of institutionalization. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- HOSPITAL care of older people
AGING
ANALYSIS of variance
CLUSTER analysis (Statistics)
DEMENTIA
DISCRIMINANT analysis
INSTITUTIONAL care
LEISURE
LIFE skills
PROBABILITY theory
PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
QUALITY of life
QUESTIONNAIRES
REGRESSION analysis
RESEARCH funding
SOCIAL networks
STATISTICS
LOGISTIC regression analysis
DATA analysis
VISUAL analog scale
MAXIMUM likelihood statistics
PHYSICAL activity
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13607863
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Aging & Mental Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 108741743
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2014.996734