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      Functional mobility, depressive symptoms, level of independence, and quality of life of the elderly living at home and in the nursing home

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      Karakaya, M. G.
      Bilgin, S. C.
      Ekici, G.
      Köse, N.
      Otman, A. S.
      Date
      2009
      Source Title
      American Medical Directors Association. Journal: long-term care: management, applied research and clinical issues
      Print ISSN
      1525-8610
      Publisher
      Elsevier Inc.
      Volume
      10
      Issue
      9
      Pages
      662 - 666
      Language
      English
      Type
      Article
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      Objectives: To compare functional mobility, depressive symptoms, level of independence, and quality of life of the elderly living at home and in the nursing home. Design: A prospectively designed, comparative study. Setting: A nursing home and a university hospital department. Participants: In this study, 33 elderly living in a nursing home and 25 elderly living at home, who fulfilled the inclusion criteria and volunteered to participate, were included. Measurements: Sociodemographic characteristics were recorded. Functional mobility (Timed Up & Go Test), depressive symptoms (Geriatric Depression Scale), level of independence (Kahoku Aging Longitudinal Study Scale), and quality of life (Visual Analogue Scale) scores were compared between the groups. Results: Functional mobility and independence level of the nursing home residents were higher than the home-dwelling elderly (95% CI: -4.88, -0.29 and 0.41, 6.30, respectively), but they had more depressive symptoms (95% CI: 0.30, 5.45), and their level of QoL was lower (95% CI: -15.55, -2.93). Conclusion: These findings are thought to be important and of benefit for health care professionals and caregivers as indicating the areas that need to be supported for the elderly living at home (functional mobility and independence) and in the nursing home (depressive symptoms and quality of life). © 2009 American Medical Directors Association.
      Keywords
      Geriatric assessment
      Nursing home residents
      Comparative study
      Controlled study
      Demography
      Depression
      Geriatric depression scale
      Major clinical study
      Nursing home
      Patient mobility
      Prospective study
      Quality of life
      Scoring system
      Symptom
      University hospital
      Activities of daily living
      Confidence intervals
      Depression
      Female
      Geriatric assessment
      Homes for the aged
      Independent living
      Mobility limitation
      Nursing homes
      Probability
      Prospective studies
      Risk assessment
      Socioeconomic factors
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      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2009.06.002
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