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Health-related quality of life and ego integrity among the oldest old - Evidence from the multicenter AgeCoDe-AgeQualiDe study

Purpose - To investigate the association between health-related quality of life and ego integrity among the oldest old. - Materials and methods - Cross-sectional data were taken from follow-up wave 9 of the multicenter prospective cohort study “Needs, health service use, costs and health-related qua...

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Main Authors: Hajek, André (Author) , Forstmeier, Simon (Author) , Brettschneider, Christian (Author) , Lühmann, Dagmar (Author) , Döhring, Juliane (Author) , Wiese, Birgitt (Author) , Oey, Anke (Author) , Weyerer, Siegfried (Author) , Werle, Jochen (Author) , Pentzek, Michael (Author) , Fuchs, Angela (Author) , Röhr, Susanne (Author) , Conrad, Ines (Author) , Weeg, Dagmar (Author) , Mösch, Edelgard (Author) , Heser, Kathrin (Author) , Wagner, Michael (Author) , Scherer, Martin (Author) , Maier, Wolfgang (Author) , Riedel-Heller, Steffi G. (Author) , König, Hans-Helmut (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Archives of gerontology and geriatrics
Year: 2021, Volume: 95, Pages: 1-7
ISSN:1872-6976
DOI:10.1016/j.archger.2021.104408
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2021.104408
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167494321000704
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Author Notes:André Hajek, Simon Forstmeier, Christian Brettschneider, Dagmar Lühmann, Juliane Döhring, Birgitt Wiese, Anke Oey, Siegfried Weyerer, Jochen Werle, Michael Pentzek, Angela Fuchs, Susanne Röhr, Ines Conrad, Dagmar Weeg, Edelgard Mösch, Kathrin Heser, Michael Wagner, Martin Scherer, Wolfgang Maier, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller, Hans-Helmut König
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Summary:Purpose - To investigate the association between health-related quality of life and ego integrity among the oldest old. - Materials and methods - Cross-sectional data were taken from follow-up wave 9 of the multicenter prospective cohort study “Needs, health service use, costs and health-related quality of life in a large sample of oldest-old primary care patients (85+)” (AgeQualiDe). Our analytical sample comprised n = 495 observations. Mean age was 90.2 years (SD: 2.7 years). Health-related quality of life was quantified using the EQ-5D-3L questionnaire (including the visual analogue scale EQ-VAS). Ego integrity was measured using the Ego Integrity Scale. - Results - Regressions showed an association between decreased ego integrity and problems with ‘usual activities’, ‘pain/discomfort’ and ‘anxiety/depression’. Furthermore, regressions showed a marginally significant association between decreased ego integrity and problems with ‘mobility’ and a decreased EQ-VAS score. Ego integrity was not significantly associated with problems with ‘self-care’. - Conclusions - Findings stress the importance of health-related quality of life for ego integrity among the oldest old. Future studies are required to clarify the underlying mechanisms.
Item Description:Gesehen am 19.10.2022
Physical Description:Online Resource
ISSN:1872-6976
DOI:10.1016/j.archger.2021.104408

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