Papathanasiou Ioanna V, Rammogianni Anna, Papagiannis Dimitrios, Malli Foteini, Mantzaris Dimitrios C, Tsaras Konstantinos, Kontopoulou Lamprini, Kaba Evridiki, Kelesi Martha, Fradelos Evangelos C
Faculty of Nursing, University of Thessaly, Larissa, GRC.
Refugees Reception Centre of Agia Varvara, National Organization of Public Health, Veroia, GRC.
Cureus. 2021 Feb 1;13(2):e13049. doi: 10.7759/cureus.13049.
Older people often feel weak and have limited physical activity and walking capacity, without energy. These characteristics meet the conditions for the onset of the frailty syndrome. The effect that frailty syndrome can have on the elderly's quality of life (QOL) status has not been sufficiently explored, especially in the Greek population. This study aims to investigate the correlation between frailty and QOL in a community population of elderly people with independent living. A descriptive cross-sectional study was performed. The study sample consisted of 257 elderly people from three Open Care Centers for the Elderly Population of the Municipality of Grevena, Greece. The Tilburg Frailty Indicator was used to measure frailty in elderly people and the World Health Organization QOL-BREF was used to assess the health-related QOL of older people. The majority of elderly people showed relatively low overall frailty score (mean: 5.44). The elderly people had relatively high QoL assessment values and general satisfaction with their health condition. The obtained results show a statistically significant negative relationship between (i) physical frailty, psychological frailty, and all dimensions of QOL, (ii) social frailty and social relationships, and (iii) total frailty and all dimensions of QOL. Consequently, despite an average age of 75.12 years and higher female participation, the study population was not very frail and were satisfied with their QOL. Frailty has a negative effect in all QOL domains.
老年人常感到虚弱，身体活动和行走能力有限，缺乏精力。这些特征符合衰弱综合征的发病条件。衰弱综合征对老年人生活质量（QOL）状况的影响尚未得到充分研究，尤其是在希腊人群中。本研究旨在调查独立生活的老年社区人群中衰弱与生活质量之间的相关性。进行了一项描述性横断面研究。研究样本包括来自希腊格雷韦纳市三个老年人口开放护理中心的257名老年人。使用蒂尔堡衰弱指标来衡量老年人的衰弱程度，并使用世界卫生组织生活质量简表（WHO QOL - BREF）来评估老年人的健康相关生活质量。大多数老年人的总体衰弱得分相对较低（平均：5.44）。老年人的生活质量评估值相对较高，对自身健康状况总体满意。所得结果表明：（i）身体衰弱、心理衰弱与生活质量的所有维度之间；（ii）社会衰弱与社会关系之间；（iii）总体衰弱与生活质量的所有维度之间存在统计学上显著的负相关关系。因此，尽管研究人群的平均年龄为75.12岁且女性参与率较高，但该人群衰弱程度并不严重，对其生活质量感到满意。衰弱在生活质量的所有领域都有负面影响。
