PMID- 11753497
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20020607
LR  - 20041117
IS  - 1279-7707 (Print)
IS  - 1279-7707 (Linking)
VI  - 5
IP  - 4
DP  - 2001
TI  - Influence of osteoarticular pathology (OAP) on the quality of life of elderly 
      people.
PG  - 288-91
AB  - BACKGROUND: In elderly people the concept of quality of life includes health 
      status, ability to perform daily tasks and social activities, financial position, 
      emotional status and absence of aches and pains. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the 
      degree of incapacity related to osteoarticular pathology (OAP), one of the most 
      common diseases among old people, and to ascertain to what extent this affects 
      their quality of life. DESIGN: The sample was made up of 59 men (76.1+/-8.1 
      years) and 104 women (79.7+/-6.2 years) from a geriatric home depending on the 
      Generalitat Valenciana (Spain). Data obtained from the individual clinical 
      histories and personal interviews made it possible to evaluate their: global 
      health status, ability to perform daily tasks and social activities, food intake 
      and the quality of the geriatric home. In addition, body mass index (BMI), arm 
      muscle area (AMA) and arm fat area (AFA) were estimated. RESULTS: The number of 
      chronic diseases, drug consumption, and values of the fat-mass indicators (BMI 
      and AFA) were significantly higher (p<0.05) in people with OAP (61% of women and 
      25% of men of the sample), and their global health status and manual ability were 
      significantly worse (p<0.05) than that of the other residents. Both groups (with 
      and without OAP) obtained similar scores (p>0.05) on all indicators of quality of 
      life evaluated, and only the catering services was disliked by the majority of 
      the residents. CONCLUSIONS: From a subjective point of view, OAP does not seem to 
      affect the quality of life of people suffering from it, except insofar as it 
      diminishes their manual ability.
FAU - Farre Rovira, R
AU  - Farre Rovira R
AD  - Area de Nutricio i Bromatologia, Facultat de Farmacia de la Universitat de 
      Valencia, Avda. Vicent Andr s Estell s s/n. 46100-Burjassot, Valencia, Spain. 
      Rosaura.Farre@uv.es
FAU - Frasquet-Pons, I
AU  - Frasquet-Pons I
FAU - Martinez Martinez, M I
AU  - Martinez Martinez MI
FAU - Roma Sanchez, R
AU  - Roma Sanchez R
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - France
TA  - J Nutr Health Aging
JT  - The journal of nutrition, health & aging
JID - 100893366
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Anthropometry
MH  - Bone Diseases/epidemiology/*physiopathology/psychology
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Status
MH  - Homes for the Aged
MH  - Humans
MH  - Joint Diseases/epidemiology/*physiopathology/psychology
MH  - Male
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - *Quality of Life
MH  - Sex Characteristics
MH  - Spain/epidemiology
MH  - Treatment Outcome
EDAT- 2001/12/26 10:00
MHDA- 2002/06/12 10:01
CRDT- 2001/12/26 10:00
PHST- 2001/12/26 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2002/06/12 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2001/12/26 10:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Nutr Health Aging. 2001;5(4):288-91.