Quality of life in older adults according to race/color: a cross-sectional study
São Paulo med. j
; 141(1): 67-77, Jan.-Feb. 2023. tab, graf
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ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND:
Increased longevity is accompanied by new social and health demands, such as the race/color social construct, indicating the need to identify the specific needs of older adults to maintain and improve their quality of life.OBJECTIVE:
We aimed to verify the direct and indirect associations of demographic, economic, and biopsychosocial characteristics with self-assessed quality of life in older adults according to race/color. DESIGN ANDSETTING:
This cross-sectional study included 941 older adults living in the urban area of a health microregion in Minas Gerais, Brazil.METHODS:
Older adults were divided into three groups white (n = 585), brown (n = 238), and black (n = 102) race/color. Descriptive and trajectory analyses were performed (P < 0.05).RESULTS:
Among the three groups, worse self-assessed quality of life was directly associated with lower social support scores and greater numbers of depressive symptoms. Worse self-assessed quality of life was also directly associated with a higher number of functional disabilities in basic activities of daily living and the absence of a partner among older adults of brown and black race/color. Lower monthly income and higher numbers of morbidities and compromised components of the frailty phenotype were observed among participants of white race/color, as well as lower levels of education in the brown race/color group.CONCLUSION:
Factors associated with poorer self-assessed quality of life among older adults in the study community differed according to race/color.
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Type of study:
Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Aspects:
Social determinants of health
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Patient-preference
Language:
English
Journal:
São Paulo med. j
Journal subject:
Cirurgia Geral
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Cincia
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Ginecologia
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Medicine
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Medicina Interna
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Obstetr¡cia
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Pediatria
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Sa£de Mental
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Sa£de P£blica
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM)/BR
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Universidade de Brasília (UnB)/BR