Happiness Level and Life Qualıty of the Elderly Living in Different Life Conditions: A Comparative Study

Year 2021, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 53 - 63, 05.03.2021

Gül Dertli Mehmet Kurçer , Zeynep Erdoğan

https://doi.org/10.26453/otjhs.742096

Abstract

Aims: The study was planned to examine the happiness levels and quality of life (QoL) of the elderly living in different living conditions.
Materials and Methods: This research is a descriptive, cross-sectional study comparing the three groups. The first group consisted of the elderly living in the nursing home (n=28), the second group living in the family environment but treated in the hospital (N=28) and the third group living in the family environment (n=28).
Results: The mean score of OHS-SF the healthy female elderly who participated in the study and lived in a family environment was significantly higher than the male elderly people living in the family environment and nursing home. The WHOQOL-OLD scores of healthy female elderly people living in a family environment are significantly higher than men. The WHOQOL-OLD scores of the sick elderly who live in a family environment with more than two chronic diseases and psychiatric diseases are significantly lower than the healthy elderly people living in the nursing home and family environment (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Elderly people who have more than two chronic diseases and psychiatric diseases and live in a family environment have less happy and lower QoL compared to those living in other settings.

Keywords

Elderly, family environment, happiness, health-related quality of life, nursing home

Farklı Yaşam Koşullarında Yaşayan Yaşlıların Mutluluk Düzeyi ve Yaşam Kalitesi: Karşılaştırmalı Bir Çalışma

Abstract

Amaç: Çalışma, farklı yaşam koşullarında yaşayan yaşlıların mutluluk düzeylerini ve yaşam kalitelerini (YK) incelemek amacıyla planlandı.
Materyal ve Metot: Bu araştırma, üç grubun karşılaştırıldığı tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel bir çalışmadır. 1. grup huzurevinde yaşayan (n=28), 2. grup aile ortamında yaşayan ancak hastanede tedavi gören(n=28) ve 3. grup ise aile ortamında yaşayan yaşlılardan(n=28) oluşmuştur. Veriler 6 maddelik sosyo-demografik özellikleri içeren bir anket formu, “Oxford Mutluluk Ölçeği-Kısa Form (OMÖ-KF)” ve Yaşlılar İçin Dünya Sağlık Örgütü Yaşam Kalitesi Modülü (WHOQOL-OLD) Türkçe versiyonu kullanılarak toplanmıştır.
Bulgular: Çalışmaya katılan, aile ortamında yaşayan sağlıklı kadın yaşlıların OMÖ-KF puan ortalamaları, aile ortamı ve huzurevinde yaşayan, erkek yaşlılardan anlamlı derecede yüksektir. Aile ortamında yaşayan, sağlıklı kadın yaşlıların WHOQOL-OLD skorları erkeklere göre anlamlı derecede yüksektir. İkiden fazla kronik hastalığı ve psikiyatrik hastalığı olan aile ortamında yaşayan hasta yaşlıların, huzurevinde ve aile ortamında kalan sağlıklı yaşlılara göre WHOQOL-OLD puanları anlamlı düzeyde düşüktür (p<0.05).
Sonuç: İkiden fazla kronik hastalık veya psikiyatrik hastalığı olan aile ortamında yaşayan yaşlılar, huzurevinde kalan veya aileleriyle yaşayan sağlıklı yaşlılara göre daha az mutlu ve daha düşük yaşam kalitesine sahiptir.

Keywords

Yaşlılık, Mutluluk, Huzurevi, aile ortamı, sağlıkla ilişkili yaşam kalitesi

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