title: Functional mobility, depressive symptoms, level of independence, and quality of life of the elderly living at home and in the nursing home.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare functional mobility, depressive symptoms, level of independence, and quality of life of the elderly living at home and in the nursing home.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospectively designed, comparative study.
  
  
  METHODS
  A nursing home and a university hospital department.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this study, 33 elderly living in a nursing home and 25 elderly living at home, who fulfilled the inclusion criteria and volunteered to participate, were included.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sociodemographic characteristics were recorded. Functional mobility (Timed Up & Go Test), depressive symptoms (Geriatric Depression Scale), level of independence (Kahoku Aging Longitudinal Study Scale), and quality of life (Visual Analogue Scale) scores were compared between the groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Functional mobility and independence level of the nursing home residents were higher than the home-dwelling elderly (95% CI: -4.88, -0.29 and 0.41, 6.30, respectively), but they had more depressive symptoms (95% CI: 0.30, 5.45), and their level of QoL was lower (95% CI: -15.55, -2.93).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings are thought to be important and of benefit for health care professionals and caregivers as indicating the areas that need to be supported for the elderly living at home (functional mobility and independence) and in the nursing home (depressive symptoms and quality of life).
authors.affiliation: Muğla University, Muğla School of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Muğla, Turkey. mgkarakaya@mu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Mehmet Gürhan
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Karakaya
authors.forename: Sevil Cuvalci
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Bilgin
authors.forename: Gamze
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ekici
authors.forename: Nezire
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Köse
authors.forename: Ayşe Saadet
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Otman
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D057187:Independent Living; D008297:Male; D051346:Mobility Limitation; D009735:Nursing Homes; D011336:Probability; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014421:Turkey