Health-Related Quality of Life of Older Adults in Costa Rica as Measured by the Short-Form-36 Health Survey
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| Autores: | , , , , , , , |
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2018 |
| Descripción: | Objective: To test the validity of a common measure of health-related quality of life (Short-Form-36 [SF-36]) in cognitively healthy older adults living in rural and urban Costa Rica. Method: Confirmatory factor analysis was applied to SF-36 data collected in 250 older adults from San Jose and Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Results: The best fitting model for the SF-36 was an eight first-order factor structure. A high correlation between the Mental Component Summary and Physical Component Summary scores was found. Region differences indicated that rural dwellers perceive a poorer health-related quality of life compared with the urban group. Discussion: Costa Rican older adults perceived health as a unidimensional construct. Age and urbanity of older adult Costa Ricans should be appreciated when trying to measure self-reported physical and mental health. Cultural context of the individuals should be considered when studying health-related quality of life. |
| País: | Kérwá |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Kérwá |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:https://www.kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/76525 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2333721418782812 https://hdl.handle.net/10669/76525 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Health-related quality of life SF-36 Costa Rica Older adults Rural/urban differences 613.043 8 Personas en edad adulta tardía |