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Differences in the quality of life dependent on family status of the elderly living in rural areas – a cross-sectional survey
- Source :
- Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, Vol 25, Iss 3, Pp 532-538 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Institute of Rural Health, 2018.
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Abstract
- Introduction A factor that conditions the perception of the quality of life (QoL) is having a social network and relationships within it. The quality of life of seniors is assumed to be at a higher level if they are surrounded by those close to them in comparison to those living alone. The aim of the study was to assess differences in the quality of life of elderly rural residents depending on their family status. Material and methods Due to the random and mixed selection of respondents, the study comprised a group of 588 representatives living in rural areas of Eastern Poland. The differentiated criterion of the groups of senior respondents was their family situation: living with a family or living alone. Assessment of the quality of life was conducted by means of the WHOQoL-bref questionnaire. The Mann-Whitney tests and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to carry out statistical analysis of the data. Results The respondents who lived with their families differed statistically to a significant extent (p
- Subjects :
- Male
Rural Population
Aging
family
Cross-sectional study
media_common.quotation_subject
elderly
lcsh:Agriculture
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Quality of life
Surveys and Questionnaires
Perception
loneliness
medicine
Humans
Statistical analysis
030212 general & internal medicine
Waste Management and Disposal
Eastern Poland
lcsh:Environmental sciences
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Aged
media_common
Aged, 80 and over
lcsh:GE1-350
Social network
business.industry
lcsh:S
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Loneliness
Middle Aged
Cross-Sectional Studies
quality of life
Female
Poland
Rural area
medicine.symptom
business
Psychology
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18982263 and 12321966
- Volume :
- 25
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ba9909b0d7a3ebbe7a9e26f62a97d736