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Quality of life in a high-risk group of elderly primary care patients: characteristics and potential for improvement. / Döhring, Juliane; Williamson, Martin; Brettschneider, Christian; Fankhänel, Thomas; Luppa, Melanie; Pabst, Alexander; Weißenborn, Marina; Zöllinger, Isabel; Czock, David; Frese, Thomas; Gensichen, Jochen; Hoffmann, Wolfgang; König, Hans-Helmut; Thyrian, Jochen René; Wiese, Birgitt; Riedel-Heller, Steffi; Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna.

In: QUAL LIFE RES, Vol. 33, No. 7, 07.2024, p. 1841-1851.

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Döhring, J, Williamson, M, Brettschneider, C, Fankhänel, T, Luppa, M, Pabst, A, Weißenborn, M, Zöllinger, I, Czock, D, Frese, T, Gensichen, J, Hoffmann, W, König, H-H, Thyrian, JR, Wiese, B, Riedel-Heller, S & Kaduszkiewicz, H 2024, 'Quality of life in a high-risk group of elderly primary care patients: characteristics and potential for improvement', QUAL LIFE RES, vol. 33, no. 7, pp. 1841-1851. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-024-03647-7

APA

Döhring, J., Williamson, M., Brettschneider, C., Fankhänel, T., Luppa, M., Pabst, A., Weißenborn, M., Zöllinger, I., Czock, D., Frese, T., Gensichen, J., Hoffmann, W., König, H-H., Thyrian, J. R., Wiese, B., Riedel-Heller, S., & Kaduszkiewicz, H. (2024). Quality of life in a high-risk group of elderly primary care patients: characteristics and potential for improvement. QUAL LIFE RES, 33(7), 1841-1851. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-024-03647-7

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Döhring J, Williamson M, Brettschneider C, Fankhänel T, Luppa M, Pabst A et al. Quality of life in a high-risk group of elderly primary care patients: characteristics and potential for improvement. QUAL LIFE RES. 2024 Jul;33(7):1841-1851. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-024-03647-7

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title = "Quality of life in a high-risk group of elderly primary care patients: characteristics and potential for improvement",
abstract = "PURPOSE: Quality of Life (QoL) is associated with a bandwidth of lifestyle factors that can be subdivided into fixed and potentially modifiable ones. We know too little about the role of potentially modifiable factors in comparison to fixed ones. This study examines four aspects of QoL and its associations with 15 factors in a sample of elderly primary care patients with a high risk of dementia. The main objectives are (a) to determine the role of the factors in this particular group and (b) to assess the proportion of fixed and potentially modifiable factors.METHOD: A high-risk group of 1030 primary care patients aged between 60 and 77 years (52.1% females) were enrolled in {"}AgeWell.de,{"} a cluster-randomized, controlled trial. This paper refers to the baseline data. The multi-component intervention targets to decrease the risk of dementia by optimization of associated lifestyle factors. 8 fixed and 7 modifiable factors potentially influencing QoL served as predictors in multiple linear regressions.RESULTS: The highest proportion of explained variance was found in psychological health and age-specific QoL. In comparison to health-related QoL and physical health, the modifiable predictors played a major role (corr. R2: 0.35/0.33 vs. 0.18), suggesting that they hold a greater potential for improving QoL.CONCLUSION: Social engagement, body weight, instrumental activities of daily living, and self-efficacy beliefs appeared as lifestyle factors eligible to be addressed in an intervention program for improving QoL.TRIAL REGISTRATION: German Clinical Trials Register, reference number: DRKS00013555. Date of registration: 07.12.2017.",
author = "Juliane D{\"o}hring and Martin Williamson and Christian Brettschneider and Thomas Fankh{\"a}nel and Melanie Luppa and Alexander Pabst and Marina Wei{\ss}enborn and Isabel Z{\"o}llinger and David Czock and Thomas Frese and Jochen Gensichen and Wolfgang Hoffmann and Hans-Helmut K{\"o}nig and Thyrian, {Jochen Ren{\'e}} and Birgitt Wiese and Steffi Riedel-Heller and Hanna Kaduszkiewicz",
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language = "English",
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T1 - Quality of life in a high-risk group of elderly primary care patients: characteristics and potential for improvement

AU - Döhring, Juliane

AU - Williamson, Martin

AU - Brettschneider, Christian

AU - Fankhänel, Thomas

AU - Luppa, Melanie

AU - Pabst, Alexander

AU - Weißenborn, Marina

AU - Zöllinger, Isabel

AU - Czock, David

AU - Frese, Thomas

AU - Gensichen, Jochen

AU - Hoffmann, Wolfgang

AU - König, Hans-Helmut

AU - Thyrian, Jochen René

AU - Wiese, Birgitt

AU - Riedel-Heller, Steffi

AU - Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna

N1 - © 2024. The Author(s).

PY - 2024/7

Y1 - 2024/7

N2 - PURPOSE: Quality of Life (QoL) is associated with a bandwidth of lifestyle factors that can be subdivided into fixed and potentially modifiable ones. We know too little about the role of potentially modifiable factors in comparison to fixed ones. This study examines four aspects of QoL and its associations with 15 factors in a sample of elderly primary care patients with a high risk of dementia. The main objectives are (a) to determine the role of the factors in this particular group and (b) to assess the proportion of fixed and potentially modifiable factors.METHOD: A high-risk group of 1030 primary care patients aged between 60 and 77 years (52.1% females) were enrolled in "AgeWell.de," a cluster-randomized, controlled trial. This paper refers to the baseline data. The multi-component intervention targets to decrease the risk of dementia by optimization of associated lifestyle factors. 8 fixed and 7 modifiable factors potentially influencing QoL served as predictors in multiple linear regressions.RESULTS: The highest proportion of explained variance was found in psychological health and age-specific QoL. In comparison to health-related QoL and physical health, the modifiable predictors played a major role (corr. R2: 0.35/0.33 vs. 0.18), suggesting that they hold a greater potential for improving QoL.CONCLUSION: Social engagement, body weight, instrumental activities of daily living, and self-efficacy beliefs appeared as lifestyle factors eligible to be addressed in an intervention program for improving QoL.TRIAL REGISTRATION: German Clinical Trials Register, reference number: DRKS00013555. Date of registration: 07.12.2017.

AB - PURPOSE: Quality of Life (QoL) is associated with a bandwidth of lifestyle factors that can be subdivided into fixed and potentially modifiable ones. We know too little about the role of potentially modifiable factors in comparison to fixed ones. This study examines four aspects of QoL and its associations with 15 factors in a sample of elderly primary care patients with a high risk of dementia. The main objectives are (a) to determine the role of the factors in this particular group and (b) to assess the proportion of fixed and potentially modifiable factors.METHOD: A high-risk group of 1030 primary care patients aged between 60 and 77 years (52.1% females) were enrolled in "AgeWell.de," a cluster-randomized, controlled trial. This paper refers to the baseline data. The multi-component intervention targets to decrease the risk of dementia by optimization of associated lifestyle factors. 8 fixed and 7 modifiable factors potentially influencing QoL served as predictors in multiple linear regressions.RESULTS: The highest proportion of explained variance was found in psychological health and age-specific QoL. In comparison to health-related QoL and physical health, the modifiable predictors played a major role (corr. R2: 0.35/0.33 vs. 0.18), suggesting that they hold a greater potential for improving QoL.CONCLUSION: Social engagement, body weight, instrumental activities of daily living, and self-efficacy beliefs appeared as lifestyle factors eligible to be addressed in an intervention program for improving QoL.TRIAL REGISTRATION: German Clinical Trials Register, reference number: DRKS00013555. Date of registration: 07.12.2017.

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VL - 33

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EP - 1851

JO - QUAL LIFE RES

JF - QUAL LIFE RES

SN - 0962-9343

IS - 7

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