Health-related quality of life and related factors among a sample of older people with cognitive impairment

Line Christiansen; Johan Sanmartin Berglund; Catharina Lindberg; Peter Anderberg; Lisa Skär

doi:10.1002/nop2.265

Health-related quality of life and related factors among a sample of older people with cognitive impairment

Nurs Open. 2019 Mar 19;6(3):849-859. doi: 10.1002/nop2.265. eCollection 2019 Jul.

Authors

Line Christiansen¹, Johan Sanmartin Berglund¹, Catharina Lindberg¹, Peter Anderberg¹, Lisa Skär¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Health Blekinge Institute of Technology Karlskrona Sweden.

Abstract

Aim: This study aimed to identify factors affecting health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of older adults with cognitive impairment and to describe the association of these factors with different components of HRQoL.

Design: A cross-sectional, descriptive research design was used.

Methods: Data were collected from 247 individuals aged 60 years and older from a Swedish longitudinal cohort study. The Short-Form Health Survey-12 (SF-12) and EuroQol (EQ-5D) were used to assess HRQoL. The data were analysed using descriptive and comparative statistics.

Results: The present study identified several factors that influenced HRQoL of older adults with cognitive impairment. The results of a multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that the following factors were associated with physical and mental HRQoL: dependency in activities of daily living (ADL), receiving informal care and feelings of loneliness and pain.

Keywords: EuroQol; Short‐Form Health Survey‐12; ageing; cognitive impairment; health‐related quality of life.