Publication: The relationships among locomotive syndrome, depressive symptom, and quality of life in older adults living in rural areas
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2020-08-01
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01252208
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Mahidol University
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Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol.103, No.8 (2020), 796-803
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Jansudaphan Boontham, Suparb Aree-Ue, Suporn Wongvatunyu, Inthira Roopsawang, Theerasak Tempaiboolkul The relationships among locomotive syndrome, depressive symptom, and quality of life in older adults living in rural areas. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol.103, No.8 (2020), 796-803. doi:10.35755/jmedassocthai.2020.08.11149 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/59205
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The relationships among locomotive syndrome, depressive symptom, and quality of life in older adults living in rural areas
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© JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF THAILAND. Objective: To investigate the relationships among locomotive syndrome, depressive symptoms, and quality of life in older adults living in rural areas. Materials and Methods: The present research was a descriptive cross-sectional study. The sample was 160 community-dwelling older people living in sub-districts under the services of five health promoting hospitals located in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The prospective participants were recruited by multi-stage random sampling. They had completed instruments, including The Demographic Questionnaire, The 25-Question Geriatric Locomotive Function Scale, The 15-Item Geriatric Depression Scale, and The World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire in Thai Elderly. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson's production-moment correlation. Results: The findings revealed that the locomotive syndrome was found in 50% of participants with the cut-point score of 16 (mean 30.98, SD 14.03), while 26.9% of the participants revealed depressive symptoms (mean 7.07, SD 1.98). The participants had a good quality of life 79.4% (mean 105.12, SD 9.03). There was a positive correlation between locomotive syndrome and depressive symptoms (r=0.47, p<0.01). An inverse correlation was found between the locomotive syndrome and quality of life (r=-0.56, p<0.01) and between depressive symptoms and quality of life (r=-0.46, p<0.01). Conclusion: Findings from the present study would be useful for the health care providers to design interventions to promote physical function along with psychological well-being.