Definition With the unprecedented rapid rate of growth of the aging population around the world, quality of life (QoL) is fast becoming a standard of measure of long-term care and gerontological service outcomes. Although the issue of QoL has been of increasing interest in the field of aging,...
Despite their rising numbers, the living conditions and wellbeing of older Ghanaians remain woefully understudied. This paper presents the results of a study exploring the quality of life (QoL) of older adults in two contrasting neighbourhoods in Accra, Ghana. The objectives of the study were ...
aims to investigate the effect of loneliness as a psychological vulnerability on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and to test some explanatory mechanisms for a better understanding of how loneliness leads to a decrease in the mental and physical health components of HRQoL among older adults....
Aim: Quality of life (QOL) in older adults can be affected by many factors, such as dementia, sarcopenia and frailty. This study sought to identify factors that can lead to global deterioration in QOL among older outpatients, including factors stated in caregiver reports. This study also ...
Older adults who remain more active have a better quality of life, study finds研究发现保持更多活动的老年人有更好的生活质量 剑桥大学对近1500名成年人进行的一项研究表明,当成年人超过60岁时,花在体力活动上的时间减少与生活质量的降低有关。 久坐时间的增加也是如此,例如看电视或阅读。研究人员说,这强调了...
A potential solution to addressing the complex health and well-being needs of older adults comes from artificial intelligence (AI), which is defined in this paper as the science of creating machines and technologies that can reason, learn, plan and make predictions in ways that could surpass hum...
We aimed to investigate whether health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is associated with retinal vascular caliber, an indicator of subclinical cardiovascular disease risk. 1600 students aged between 11–19 years (821 girls and 779 boys) were examined during 2009–2011. Retinal vessel caliber was ...
older adultsquality of lifeacclimatization is the period that succeeds the fitting of hearing aids, when a progressive improvement of the hearing and speech recognition abilities is observed due to the new speech cues that are available to the hearing aid user. to verify acclimatization after the ...
Older adultsThis study's objective was to investigate the mediating role of depression in the relationship between loneliness and older adults' quality of life. Promoting the quality of life in individuals is one of the main issues that is consistently emphasized by the World Health Organization. ...
These included positive autistic identity and their contribution to society, societal understanding and attitudes, and environmental influences on quality of life. This study was conducted with a small number of autistic adults and additional themes or differences in themes may be evident for other ...