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Mental Well-being as a Predictor of Quality of Life in Elderly Agricultural Workers

Year 2023, Volume: 14 Issue: 2, 190 - 196, 17.03.2023

Ceren VARER AKPINAR Aliye MANDIRACIOĞLU Safiye OZVURMAZ Filiz ADANA Fatma KURT Nazife KOÇ Duygu YEŞİLFİDAN

https://doi.org/10.31067/acusaglik.1233982

Abstract

Purpose:In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the quality of life and perceived health status of agricultural workers over the age of 65 and to determine the relationship between quality of life and mental well-being.
Methods:This cross-sectional study was conducted on elderly agricultural workers(196 people) living in a rural area in Aydın. The European Quality of Life 5-Dimensions 3-Level Questionnaire was used to assess quality of life and the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale(WEMWBS) was used to assess mental well-being. T test and logistic regression analysis were used for statistical evaluation.
Results:The mean age of the participants was 70.92±6.22 and 50.5% of them were male. In study, three out of four people had experienced some problems in any dimensions of the quality of life. The participants' WEMWBS mean score was 47.12±7.79 and the mean perceived health status was 50.64±22.03. There was a positive and high correlation between mental well-being and perceived health level(r=0.432,p<0.001). Having problems in at least one of the dimensions about quality of life had increased with age[OR 1.17(95% CI 1.04-1.32)] and decreased with increasing mental well-being[OR 0.84(95% CI 0.78-0.90)].
Conclusion:This study shows that more than half of the elderly agricultural workers experience problems about the quality of life, their mental well-being is moderate, and age and mental well-being are determinants of quality of life. The needs of the increasingly elderly agricultural workers in our country should be evaluated in order to increase their mental well-being and quality of life, interventions should be planned for these needs.

Keywords

Elderly, quality of life, mental health, agricultural workers

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Year 2023, Volume: 14 Issue: 2, 190 - 196, 17.03.2023

Ceren VARER AKPINAR Aliye MANDIRACIOĞLU Safiye OZVURMAZ Filiz ADANA Fatma KURT Nazife KOÇ Duygu YEŞİLFİDAN

https://doi.org/10.31067/acusaglik.1233982

Abstract

References

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  • Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TUİK). Adrese Dayalı Nüfus Kayıt Sistemi Sonuçları, 2020 [cited 2022 Nov 29]. Available from: https://data.tuik.gov.tr/Bulten/Index?p=Adrese-Dayali-Nufus-Kayit-Sistemi-Sonuclari-2020-37210
  • Gao G, Li W, Lee J, et al. Employment, work, and depressive symptoms among older workers. J Gerontol Geriatr Med. 2020;6(5):1–4. DOI: 10.24966/GGM-8662/100071
  • Yodmai K, Somrongthong R, Kumar R. Determinants of quality of life among rural elderly population in Khon Kean province of Thailand. J Liaquat Uni Med Health Sc. 2018;17(3):180–4. DOI: 10.22442/jlumhs.181730574
  • Halk Sağlığı Uzmanları Derneği (HASUDER). Çalışma yaşamında yaşlılar ve kronik Hastalığı Olanlar. In: Türkiye Sağlık Raporu-2020. 2020. p. 447–51.
  • Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TUİK). Elderly Statistics, 2020. [cited 2022 Dec 23]. Available from: https://www.tuik.gov.tr/media/announcements/istatistiklerle_yaslilar_2020.pdf
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  • Dinç Horasan G, Tarı Selçuk K, Sakarya S, et al. Health-related quality of life and perceived health status of Turkish population. Qual Life Res. 2019;28(8):2099–109. DOI: 10.1007/s11136-019-02167-z
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  • Unalan D, Gocer S, Basturk M, et al. Coincidence of low social support and high depressive score on quality of life in elderly. Eur Geriatr Med. 2015;6(4):319–24. DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2015.02.009
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  • Blazer DG. Depression in late life: Review and commentary. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2003;58(3):249–65. DOI: 10.1093/gerona/58.3.m249
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  • Unsar S, Dindar I, Kurt S. Activities of daily living, quality of life, social support and depression levels of elderly individuals in Turkish society. J Pak Med Assoc. 2015;65(6):642–6. PMID: 26060163
  • Bozkurt Ü, Yılmaz MR, Yilmaz M. The determination of functional independence and quality of life of older adults in a nursing home. International Journal of Caring Sciences. 2016;9(1):198–210.
  • Ilhan N, Arpaci S, Havaoglu D, et al. Quality of life and factors affecting the quality of life of elderly nursing home residents. Clinical and Experimental Health Sciences. 2016;6(2):56–65.
  • Ercan Şahin N, Emiroğlu ON. Quality of Life and Related Factors of Older People in Nursing Home. Journal of Hacettepe University Faculty of Nursing. 2014;1(1):57–66.
  • Unsar S, Erol O, Sut N. Social support and qualıty of life among older adults. International Journal of Caring Sciences. 2016;9(1):249–57.
  • The EuroQOL Group. Measuring self-reported population health: an international perspective based on EQ-5D, 2004. [cited 2022 May 20]; Available from: https://euroqol.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Measuring_Self-Reported_Population_Health_-_An_International_Perspective_based_on_EQ-5D.pdf
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  • EuroQOL Group. EuroQol--a new facility for the measurement of health-related quality of life. Health policy. 1990;16(3):199–208.
  • Tennant R, Hiller L, Fishwick R, et al. The Warwick-Edinburgh mental well-being scale (WEMWBS): Development and UK validation. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 2007;5(1):50–63. DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-5-63
  • Keldal G. Turkish version of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale: A validity and reliability study. The Journal of Happiness & Well-Being. 2015;3(1):103–15.
  • Usha V, Lalitha K. Quality of life of senior citizens: A Rural-urban comparison. Indian J Soc Psychiatry. 2016;32(2):158. DOI: 10.4103/0971-9962.181104
  • Dongre AR, Deshmukh PR. Social Determinants of Quality of Elderly Life in a Rural Setting of India. Indian J Palliat Care. 2012;18(3):181. DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.105688
  • Çağlayan Ç, Etiler N. Health of older workers in Turkey: A further analysis of a national sample. Turk J Geriatrics. 2015;18(4):285–92.
  • E.Şen N, Gündoğan Ş, Eser E. Evaluation of the effects of physical dependence, mental well-being and social ınteraction on quality of life in ındividuals over 65 living in a peri-urban area in Manisa. Sağlık ve Toplum. 2022;32(2):106–16.
  • Eyigör S, Karapolat H, Durmaz B. Evaluation of the relationship between quality of life and depression the elderly women who attended to a clinic of a university hospital. Turk J Geriatrics. 2006;9(3):130–5.
  • Şenol V, Soyuer F, Argün M. Quality of life of elderly nursing home residents and its correlates in Kayseri. A descriptive-analytical design: A cross-sectional study. Health. 2013;05(02):212–21. DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.52029
  • Chan SWC, Shoumei JIA, Thompson DR, et al. A cross-sectional study on the health related quality of life of depressed Chinese older people in Shanghai. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2006;21(9):883–9. DOI: 10.1002/gps.1578.
  • Chan SWC, Chien WT, Thompson DR, et. al. Quality of life measures for depressed and non-depressed Chinese older people. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2006;21(11):1086–92. DOI: 10.1002/gps.1611
  • Sucaklı MH, Çelik M, Bakan B. Evaluation of the quality of life and affecting factors in the elderly living in nursing homes. Turk J Family Practice. 2013;17(3):96–100.
  • Telatar TG, Özcebe H. Increasing quality of life of elderly. 2004;7(3):162–5.
  • Uyanık Y, Başyiğit R. View of the elderly population in demographic structure and policy examples in perspective of active aging approach. İş ve Hayat. 2018;4(3):273–310.

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Primary Language English
Subjects Public Health
Journal Section Research Article
Authors

Ceren VARER AKPINAR
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Giresun University
0000-0001-8168-6435
Türkiye

Aliye MANDIRACIOĞLU
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Ege University
0000-0002-0873-4805
Türkiye

Safiye OZVURMAZ
ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF NURSING, DEPARTMENT OF NURSING, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
0000-0002-1842-3058
Türkiye

Filiz ADANA
ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF NURSING, DEPARTMENT OF NURSING, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
0000-0002-7677-0170
Türkiye

Fatma KURT
ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF NURSING, DEPARTMENT OF NURSING, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
0000-0001-5748-1819
Türkiye

Nazife KOÇ
Home Patient Care Services, Istanbul Rumeli University
0000-0003-1380-7332
Türkiye

Duygu YEŞİLFİDAN
ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF NURSING, DEPARTMENT OF NURSING, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
0000-0002-0290-1553
Türkiye

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Publication Date March 17, 2023
Submission Date January 13, 2023
Acceptance Date February 21, 2023
Published in Issue Year 2023Volume: 14 Issue: 2

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EndNote %0 Acıbadem Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi Mental Well-being as a Predictor of Quality of Life in Elderly Agricultural Workers %A Ceren Varer Akpınar , Aliye Mandıracıoğlu , Safiye Ozvurmaz , Filiz Adana , Fatma Kurt , Nazife Koç , Duygu Yeşilfidan %T Mental Well-being as a Predictor of Quality of Life in Elderly Agricultural Workers %D 2023 %J Acıbadem Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi %P 1309-470X-1309-5994 %V 14 %N 2 %R doi: 10.31067/acusaglik.1233982 %U 10.31067/acusaglik.1233982
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