Relationship between activities of daily living and depression among older adults and the quality of life of family caregivers
Hui Xie
Pei-Wen Chen
Long Zhao
Xuan Sun
Xian-Jie Jia
摘要：Objective:The purposes of this study were to explore the associations of activities of daily living (ADL) and depression among older adults with family caregivers' quality of life and provide evidence for improving family caregivers' quality of life.Methods:Older adults (n=395) and their family caregivers (n=395) were selected as participants.The ADL scale and Geriatric Depression Scale were used to assess ADL and depression among older adults,and the 36-Item Short Form Health Questionnaire (SF-36) was used to assess family caregivers' quality of life.Descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression were used to analyze the data.Results:The older adults' ADL and depression scores were 21±7 and 11±6,respectively.Approximately 69.9％ of older adults had declining or severely impaired ADL,and 47.1％ had mild or moderate-to-severe depression.Family caregivers' mean quality of life score was 529±100.There was a negative correlation of older adults' ADL and depression with caregivers' quality of life.The correlation coefficient between ADL and the SF-36 mental component summary score was stronger than it was with the SF-36 physical component summary score.Conclusions:The ADL and depression of older adults influenced family caregivers' quality of life.Psychological health deserves closer attention,especially that of caregivers of disabled older adults.
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资助基金：the Ministry of Education of Anhui Province,China (.gxfxZD2016145 and SK2015A409)
论文发表日期：2018-01-01
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
页数：8( 97-104 )
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