Status of Maintaining Daily Life Activities at Home and Quality of Life in Elderly

Yıl 2011, Cilt: 13 Sayı: 2, 59 - 67, 01.08.2011

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Objective: This study was carried out in order to determine the maintenance of daily activities and quality of life among elderly people living at home. Methods: Three hundred old people who were living at home participated in this descriptive study. Research data were collected through a questionnaire, Katz's Daily Life Activities Index, Lawton and Brody's Instrumental Life Activities Index and WHOQOL-BREF life quality scale TR version. The data were evaluated by means of descriptive statistics, simple correlation analysis, t test for independent samples and one way variance analysis. Results: The study found significant negative relationships between age and instrumental life activity p

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Activities of daily living, quality oflife, elderly

YAŞLILARIN EVDE GÜNLÜK YAŞAM AKTİVİTELERİNİ SÜRDÜRME DURUMU VE YAŞAM KALİTELERİ

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