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Loneliness, Fear of Falling, and Quality of Life in Community-Dwelling Older Women Who Live Alone and Live With Others Publisher



Zali M1 ; Farhadi A2 ; Soleimanifar M3 ; Allameh H4 ; Janani L5
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  1. 1. Department of health management and economics, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Gerontology, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. School of medicine, AJA University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Department of traditional medicine, Babol University of Medical Science, Babol, Iran
  5. 5. Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Educational Gerontology Published:2017


Abstract

Background: One of the health indexes is living arrangement and nowadays has tended toward living alone which has terrible negative impacts on the elderly’s social health in Asia. About 62.2% of lonely older adults are afraid of falling. In addition, the activity level of them is much more limited. Aim: The aim of this article is to compare loneliness, fear of falling, and quality of life in older women who live alone and live with others. Methods: This cross-sectional study was done on 218 accessible elderly women (116 live alone, 102 live with others) to compare loneliness, fear of falling, and quality of life by using the Farsi versions of UCLA-LS, falls efficacy scale-international (FES-I), and SF12 questionnaires, respectively. Results: Linear regression was used to compare the means of continuous outcomes between the two groups by adjustment on probable confounder’s age and falling history. Conclusion: Fears of falling and physical aspect of life quality in the lonely older adults were considerably higher than other group. © 2017 Taylor & Francis.
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