title: Evaluation of life satisfaction index of the elderly people living in nursing homes.
abstract: The aim of our study was to evaluate the quality of life of the elderly living in nursing homes. A pool of 183 elderly people living in nursing homes were involved in the study. Data regarding the socio-demographic characteristics and life satisfaction index-A (LSI-A) of the participants were collected by means of a questionnaire during face-to-face interviews. The average LSI-A score of the whole group of participants was 25.26+/-5.51. When the mean LSI-A score of participants in relation to their independent variables was analyzed, no statistically significant differences were found for gender, socio-economic status or body mass indexes (BMI). However, the mean LSI-A score of those elderly people who spent some time in leisure activities was significantly higher than those who did not (p=0.03). In the stepwise linear regression analysis, the education level and place of residence were found to be the statistically significant independent predictors of LSI-A scores in the study group (p=0.05, p=0.001).
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Education, Marmara University, 34865 Kartal/Istanbul, Turkey. feryalsubasi@superonline.com
authors.forename: Feryal
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Subaşi
authors.forename: Osman
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hayran
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey