Quality of life and its correlates in octogenarians. Use of the SEIQoL-DW in Wave 5 of the Aberdeen Birth Cohort 1921 Study (ABC1921) |
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Authors: | David Gwyn Seymour John M Starr Helen C Fox Helen A Lemmon Ian J Deary Gordon J Prescott Lawrence J Whalley |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Aberdeen, Polwarth Building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK;(2) University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK |
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Abstract: | Background The direct-weighted Schedule for the Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life, Direct Weighting (SEIQoL-DW) is an individualised
measure of QoL that has been little used in very elderly people.
Methods We administered SEIQoL-DW during Wave 5 of the Aberdeen Birth Cohort 1921 Study (ABC1921) and sought statistical correlations
with other variables in the data set. ABC1921 participants had been IQ-tested in 1932 at age 11. Since 1997, data about cognition,
mental/physical function, personality, health, and socioeconomic status have been gathered in five waves of investigations.
Results Ninety-six out of 98 individuals, mean age 82.2, completed the SEIQoL-DW. Health, family, relationships, finances and social
pastimes were the commonest cues nominated, but age/gender differences existed. The mean SEIQoL-DW score (74.0) was significantly
lower than in an approximately 60% sample from Wave 3, the fall being greater in men. Variables statistically associated with
Wave 5 SEIQoL-DW usually reflected current rather than past status including Short-Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36) components
and depression], although there were weaker correlations with years of education, housing in childhood, conscientiousness,
and IQ in 1998.
Conclusions SEIQoL-DW proved feasible and acceptable in community-dwelling octogenarians. Recent (i.e. statelike) rather than early or
long-standing (i.e. traitlike) influences appeared to have the greater effect on QoL. |
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Keywords: | Quality of life Aged 80 and over Cohort studies Longitudinal studies Cognition |
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