title: Relationship among health-related quality of life, depression and awareness of home care services in elderly patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present descriptive study was carried out to determine the relationship between health-related quality of life, depression and awareness of home care services among elderly patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients aged 65 years or older staying at the surgery and internal medicine clinics were included in the study. The "Patient Introduction Form," "Short Form-36 Quality of Life Questionnaire" and "Geriatric Depression Scale" were utilized in the collection of data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the present study, it was determined that only approximately half of elderly patients (54.9%) knew the concept of home care, most of them had not previously received home care and requested home care related to medical care. The mean scores were lower in some areas of the quality of life questionnaire in some factors that could influence home care awareness. These factors were determined as: female sex, history of falling, chronic illness, functionally, moderately or severely dependent, no previous receipt of home care and wishing to receive home care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The home care requirement of elderly patients can be influenced by many physiological, psychological and social factors that can affect their quality of life. Thus, it is of utmost importance that medical professionals evaluate the quality of life of elderly individuals and its influencing factors. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2016; 16: 1211-1219.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Department, Gazi University Faculty of Health Sciences, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ülkü
authors.initials: Ü
authors.lastname: Polat
authors.affiliation: Nursing Department, Gazi University Faculty of Health Sciences, Turkey.
authors.forename: Burcu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bayrak Kahraman
authors.affiliation: The Medical Intensive Care Unit, Ministry of Health, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Turkey.
authors.forename: İlknur
authors.initials: İ
authors.lastname: Kaynak
authors.affiliation: Neurology Department, Ministry of Health, Gaziantep Nizip Goverment Hospital, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ümit
authors.initials: Ü
authors.lastname: Görgülü
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001364:Awareness; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey; D035862:Vulnerable Populations
keywords: depression; elderly; home care; life quality