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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hajek, André
• Forstmeier, Simon
• Brettschneider, Christian
• Lühmann, Dagmar
• Döhring, Juliane
• Wiese, Birgitt
• Oey, Anke
• Weyerer, Siegfried
• Werle, Jochen
• Pentzek, Michael
• Fuchs, Angela
• Röhr, Susanne
• Conrad, Ines
• Weeg, Dagmar
• Mösch, Edelgard
• Heser, Kathrin
• Wagner, Michael
• Scherer, Martin
• Maier, Wolfgang
• Riedel-Heller, Steffi G.
• König, Hans-Helmut

Titel

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

Ist Teil von

• Archives of gerontology and geriatrics, 2021-07, Vol.95, p.104408, Article 104408

Ort / Verlag

Netherlands: Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• •Investigating the link between health-related quality of life and ego integrity.•Data were derived from a multicenter prospective cohort-study (oldest old).•Widely established instruments were used (e.g., EQ-5D-3 L).•Findings stress the importance of health-related quality of life for ego integrity. To investigate the association between health-related quality of life and ego integrity among the oldest old. 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. 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’. 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.