Quality of life in older adults according to race/color: a cross-sectional study

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Autor(a) principal: Tavares,Darlene Mara dos Santos
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Oliveira,Nayara Gomes Nunes, Cruz,Keila Cristianne Trindade da, Bolina,Alisson Fernandes
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: São Paulo medical journal (Online)
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Resumo: 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 AND SETTING: 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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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Quality of life in older adults according to race/color: a cross-sectional study
title Quality of life in older adults according to race/color: a cross-sectional study
spellingShingle Quality of life in older adults according to race/color: a cross-sectional study
Tavares,Darlene Mara dos Santos
Aged
Quality of life
Models statistical
Race or ethnic group distribution
Older adults
Quality of life among community-dwelling older people
title_short Quality of life in older adults according to race/color: a cross-sectional study
title_full Quality of life in older adults according to race/color: a cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Quality of life in older adults according to race/color: a cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Quality of life in older adults according to race/color: a cross-sectional study
title_sort Quality of life in older adults according to race/color: a cross-sectional study
author Tavares,Darlene Mara dos Santos
author_facet Tavares,Darlene Mara dos Santos
Oliveira,Nayara Gomes Nunes
Cruz,Keila Cristianne Trindade da
Bolina,Alisson Fernandes
author_role author
author2 Oliveira,Nayara Gomes Nunes
Cruz,Keila Cristianne Trindade da
Bolina,Alisson Fernandes
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Tavares,Darlene Mara dos Santos
Oliveira,Nayara Gomes Nunes
Cruz,Keila Cristianne Trindade da
Bolina,Alisson Fernandes
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Aged
Quality of life
Models statistical
Race or ethnic group distribution
Older adults
Quality of life among community-dwelling older people
topic Aged
Quality of life
Models statistical
Race or ethnic group distribution
Older adults
Quality of life among community-dwelling older people
description 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 AND SETTING: 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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