Cor Vasa 2023, 65(4):598-603 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2022.106

(An assessment of quality of life, anxiety, and depression of the senior citizens with cardiovascular disease)

Katka Bobčíková, Radka Bužgová, Radka Kozáková, Renáta Zeleníková

Ústav ošetřovatelství a porodní asistence, Lékařská fakulta Ostravské univerzity, Ostrava

Aim: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate a quality of life, anxiety, and depression of the senior citizens with cardiovascular diseases living in the community. Their links with the subjective assessment of the state of health, with whether the senior lives alone in the household, with gender and age were also investigated.

Methods: Quality of life was assessed by Older People's Quality of Life - Brief version (OPQOL-BRIEF), the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI) was used to assess anxiety and the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) was used to assess depression. The criteria for inclusion in the sample were: age over 60 years, an individual living in a private household, with cardiovascular disease, without a diagnosis of dementia, with the ability to fill out a questionnaire.

Results: The sample comprised of 639 respondents, of which 74.2% were women. The average age in the sample was 72.9 years (min. 60, max. 94), and 56.7% of respondents lived with a spouse or partner, or with children. The average quality of life score was 53.7 points (min. 25, max. 65), average anxiety score was 4.9 (min. 0, max. 20) and average depression score was 3.3 (min. 0, max. 15). Women reported a statistically significantly better quality of life (p = 0.0001). Better quality of life was associated with better subjective assessment of health status (r = 0.439; p < 0.01), decreasing depression scores (r = -0.526; p < 0.01), decreasing

Keywords: Anxiety, Cardiovascular disease, Community, Depression, Quality of life, Senior citizen,

Received: September 2, 2022; Revised: September 2, 2022; Accepted: September 28, 2022; Published: September 1, 2023  Show citation