Correlates of Health-Related Quality of Life in Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Guadeloupe (French West Indies): Results from the KASADS Study

Nadine Simo, Denis Boucaud-Maitre, Pierre Gebhard, Roxane Villeneuve, Leila Rinaldo, Jean-François Dartigues, Moustapha Drame and Maturin Tabue-Teguo ()
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Nadine Simo: CHU de Martinique, 97261 Fort-de-France, France
Denis Boucaud-Maitre: Centre Hospitalier le Vinatier, 69500 Bron, France
Pierre Gebhard: Equipe EpiCliV, Université des Antilles, 97157 Pointe-à-Pitre, France
Roxane Villeneuve: Equipe ACTIVE, ISERM 1219, Univ. Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France
Leila Rinaldo: CHU de Guadeloupe, 97110 Pointe-à-Pitre, France
Jean-François Dartigues: Equipe ACTIVE, ISERM 1219, Univ. Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France
Moustapha Drame: CHU de Martinique, 97261 Fort-de-France, France
Maturin Tabue-Teguo: CHU de Martinique, 97261 Fort-de-France, France

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 4, 1-9

Abstract: Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the correlates of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in community-dwelling older adults in Guadeloupe. Methods: We used the Karukera Study of Aging-Drugs Storage (KASADS), an observational, cross-sectional study on community-dwelling older people living in Guadeloupe. A visual analogue scale ranging from 0 to 100 was used to assess HRQoL. Results: The study sample consisted of 115 patients aged 65 years or older; 67.8% were women. Participants were 76 (±7.8) years old with a mean HRQoL of 66.2 (±20.3). The correlates of HRQoL were complaints of pain ( p < 0.001) and IADL dependency ( p = 0.030) after adjustment. We found no significant interactions between HRQoL and other variables such as marital status, socio-educational level and cognitive decline. Conclusions: Pain and IADL dependency were independently associated with lower HRQoL in community-dwelling older people in Guadeloupe.

Keywords: correlates; HRQoL; aged; Guadeloupe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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