Correlation between quality of life and spirituality in geriatrics

Aim: When tackling with human health, the elderly, one of the society’s most vulnerable groups, must be analyzed in all its aspects.It was thought that spirituality had an important role in human health and fight against diseases. There is a scarcity of data reportedfrom the literature on spirituality and health. Therefore, this study was undertaken to determine the impact of quality of life andspirituality on geriatrics.Material and Methods: This research was made as descriptive research. The sample consisted of 368 individuals over 65 registered,who were being followed up at 10 Primary Care Clinics of Malatya province. Data were collected using an individual questionnaire,WHO QOL Instrument Elderly Module and Spiritual Orientation Scale.Results: A statistically significant difference was determined between the income status, situations of living together, havingsupport, having chronic illnesses and using devices and the spiritual orientations of the participants. When the sociodemographiccharacteristics and quality of life score averages of the geriatrics were compared, a statistically significant difference was determinedbetween age, educational level, chronic illnesses, physical disability and using devices (p

PDF

___

1. Akyol Y, Durmuş D, Doğan C, ve ark. Quality of life and level of depressive symptoms in the geriatric population. Arch of Rheumatol 2010;25:165-73
2. Albayrak A, Kurt E. Meme kanserli hastalarda ağrı ve uzuv kaybına (mastektomi) bağlı depresyon düzeylerinin yaşam kalitesi ve dindarlık ile ilişkisi. Deuifd Din Piskolojisi 2016;41-81.
3. Altuğ F, Yağcı N, Kitiş A , ve ark. Evde yaşayan yaşlılarda yaşam kalitesini etkileyen faktörlerin incelenmesi. Yaşlı Sorunlarını Araştırma Dergisi 2009:48-60.
4. Bekelman DB, Parry C, Curlin Farr A, et al. Wamboldt FS. A comparison of two spirituality ınstruments and their relationship to depression and quality of life in chronic heart failure. J Pain Symptom Manage 2010;39:515–26.
5. Brown J, Hanson JE, Schmotzer R, et al. Spirituality and optimism: a holistic approach to component-based, self-management treatment for HIV. J Relig Health. 2014;53:1317–28.
6. Çolak M, Özer YE. Sosyal politika anlamında aktif yaşlanma politikalarının ulusal ve yerel düzeydeki analizi. Elektronik Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 2015;14:115-24.
7. Bostancı Daşdan, N. Buzlu, S. Meme Kanseri Hastalarında Maneviyatın Etkileri ve Manevi Bakım, Maltepe Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Bilim ve Sanatı Dergisi 2010;3
8. Zincir H, Taşçı S, Kaya EZ, ve ark. Huzurevinde yaşayan yaşlı bireylerin yaşam kalitesi ve depresyon düzeyleri ve etkileyen faktörler. Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi 2008;17:168-74.
9. Mendoza-Ruvalcaba NM, Fernández-Ballesteros R. Effectiveness of the Vital Aging program to promote active aging in Mexican older adults. Clin Interv Aging. 2016;1:1631-44.
10. Kasapoğlu F. Manevi yönelim ölçeği’nin geliştirilmesi: geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması, İnönü Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 2015;16,51-68.
11. Rahimi A, Anoosheh M, Ahmadi F, et al. Exploring spirituality in Iranian healthy elderly people: A qualitative content analysis. Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res 2013;18:163–70.
12. Leeson LA, Nelson AM, Rathouz PJ, et al. Spirituality and the recovery of quality of life following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Health Psychol 2015;34:920–8.
13. Dedeli Ö, Kaptan G. Spirituality and Religion in pain and pain management, Health Psychol Res 2013;24;1:29.