Quality of Life, Psychological Morbidity and Family Stress in Elderly Residing in the Community
Keywords:
Quality of life, Morbidity, Family stress, Elderly, CommunityAbstract
This study sought to understand the relationships among psychological morbidity, family stress and quality
of life (QL) of elderly. The sample consisted of 126 elderly. The following instruments were used: the Lawton Instrumental
Activities of Daily Living (IADL); Quality of Life (WHOQOL-Bref), Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GSI), Geriatric Depression
Scale (GDS), and the Index of Family Relations (IFR). Results revealed the importance of age, marital status, education
and number of pathologies as well as gender on functional capacity, morbidity, family stress and QV. In terms of predictors,
depression was the variable that contributed the most to QL. There were no moderating variables in the model. Discussion
and implications of results are addressed as well as psychological interventions.
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