Suphi VEHİD, Eray YURTSEVEN, Abdülhamit Enes CAMCIOĞLU, Uğurcan SAYILI, Esin ÇETİNKAYA SÜMER, Sıdıka İpek AKDENİZ, Ethem ERGİNÖZ

Health-Related Quality of Life in Adults Over 45 Years: A Cross Sectional Study from Istanbul

Aim: In this study, we aimed to measure the quality of life of adults over 45 years old living in Silivri districtof Istanbul and to show the relation with sociodemographic factors.Method: In this cross–sectional study, we collected the data from people over 45 years who live in Silivridistrict. In our study questions on demographic status were asked beside the 36 questions existing in theSF 36 forms.Results: A total of 705 individuals were interviewed: 597 males and 108 females, the mean age of60.36±11.77 years. The physical function found to be statistically different was according to age wedetermined that there are statistically significant differences between males and females according tothe scores of the health quality of life parameters (p

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