Title:	Quality of life in older adults according to race/color : a cross-sectional study
Authors:	Tavares, Darlene Mara dos Santos Oliveira, Nayara Gomes Nunes Cruz, Keila Cristianne Trindade da Bolina, Alisson Fernandes
metadata.dc.identifier.orcid:	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9565-0476 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4170-8761 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8146-8323 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1364-0176
metadata.dc.contributor.affiliation:	Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro Department of Nursing Education, Postgraduate Program in Community Health Nursing, PhD. Nurse and Associate Professor, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro Department of Nursing Education, Undergraduate Program in Community Health Nursing, PhD. Nurse and Associate Professor, Universidade de Brasília, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, PhD. Nurse and Adjunct Professor Universidade de Brasília, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, PhD. Nurse and Adjunct Professor
Assunto::	Envelhecimento Idosos - qualidade de vida Modelo estatístico
Issue Date:	2023
Publisher:	Associação Paulista de Medicina
Citation:	TAVARES, Darlene Mara dos Santos et al. Quality of life in older adults according to race/color: a cross-sectional study. São Paulo Medical Journal, v. 141, n. 1, p. 67-77, jan. 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/1516-3180.2021.0720.R1.29042022. Disponível em: https://www.scielo.br/j/spmj/a/dR7LSNskYKtc9vyXLDjp5LH/?lang=en#. Acesso em: 28 maio 2024.
Abstract:	BACKGROUND: Increased longevity is accompanied by new social and health demands, such as the race/color social construct, indicating the need to identify the specific needs of older adults to maintain and improve their quality of life. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to verify the direct and indirect associations of demographic, economic, and biopsychosocial characteristics with self-assessed quality of life in older adults according to race/color. DESIGN AND SETTING: This cross-sectional study included 941 older adults living in the urban area of a health microregion in Minas Gerais, Brazil. METHODS: Older adults were divided into three groups: white (n = 585), brown (n = 238), and black (n = 102) race/color. Descriptive and trajectory analyses were performed (P < 0.05). RESULTS: Among the three groups, worse self-assessed quality of life was directly associated with lower social support scores and greater numbers of depressive symptoms. Worse self-assessed quality of life was also directly associated with a higher number of functional disabilities in basic activities of daily living and the absence of a partner among older adults of brown and black race/color. Lower monthly income and higher numbers of morbidities and compromised components of the frailty phenotype were observed among participants of white race/color, as well as lower levels of education in the brown race/color group. CONCLUSION: Factors associated with poorer self-assessed quality of life among older adults in the study community differed according to race/color.
metadata.dc.description.unidade:	Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde (FS) Departamento de Enfermagem (FS ENF)
Licença::	This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons license. (CC BY)
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1590/1516-3180.2021.0720.R1.29042022
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