Abstract
This study determined what cognitive (educational attainment and cognitive ability) and non-cognitive factors (marital status, basic and instrumental activities of daily living, spirituality and social support) predict quality of life of among the elderly admitted in elderly institutions and community-dwelling elderly. A total of 147 elderly responded to the invitation as respondents (46 institutionalized and 101 community-dwelling). The findings revealed that among community-dwelling elderly only social support (non-cognitive) significantly correlated (with r=0.26; p-value=0.00) with quality of life. Among the institutionalized elderly educational attainment and cognitive ability (cognitive factors) and social support (non-cognitive) are significantly related to quality of life. Moreover, when the elderly cognitive and non-cognitive profiles were correlated with QOL both educational attainment and cognitive ability significantly correlated and basic and instrumental ADL as well as social support. Regression analyses revealed the consistent role of social support as the most significant predictor of QOL. It is concluded that QOL cannot only be predicted through the cognitive characteristics of elderly but more on the non-cognitive factors.
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Palompon, Daisy R. and Ong, Marylou
(2015)
"Predictors of Quality of Life of Institutionalized and Community-Dwelling Elderly,"
CNU Journal of Higher Education: Vol. 9:
Iss.
1, Article 13.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70997/2546-1796.1123
Available at:
https://jhe.researchcommons.org/journal/vol9/iss1/13