General health perception, depression and quality of life in geriatric grandmothers providing care for grandchildren

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dc.authoridKarakoc, Esat Veli/0000-0003-3724-9371
dc.authoridyalcin, bektas murat/0000-0003-4065-6293
dc.contributor.authorYalcin, Bektas Murat
dc.contributor.authorPirdal, Hasan
dc.contributor.authorKarakoc, Esat Veli
dc.contributor.authorŞahin, Erkan Melih
dc.contributor.authorOzturk, Onur
dc.contributor.authorUnal, Mustafa
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:34:38Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:34:38Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractAim/background: To investigate levels of depression, quality of life, general health perception, and factors affecting these in grandmothers providing care for their grandchildren. Material/method: One hundred two family physicians from four cities (Samsun, Amasya, Canakkale, and Izmir) in Turkey investigated 2859 women older than 65 years on their patient lists. Of these, 282 (9.8%) had spent at least 50 h caring for their grandchildren in the previous three months, and these were selected as the study group, while the remaining 2563 (89.6%) were enrolled as the control group. After all participants' demographic variables had been investigated, they completed the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Self-Function 12 (Mental and physical component score) (SF-12), and the Visual Analog Scale of EQ-5D (VAS). The participants in the study group also completed a questionnaire investigating features of their grandchild care. Results: The study group (with the exception of custodial grandmothers) scored better on the SF-12 (PSC = 50.60 +/- 6.96 vs 48.24 +/- 8.12), (MCS = 49.70 +/- 7.77 vs 45.48 +/- 7.61), VAS (60.44 +/- 23.5 vs 54.16 +/- 19.5), and BDI (13.97 +/- 0.3 vs 19.49 +/- 0.2) compared to the control group (p < 0.0001 for all). Age, monthly income, mean length of education, duration of care, mean hours spent caregiving per week, being a custodial grandmother, presence of more than one chronic disease, and caring for more than one grandchild at a time were identified as factors affecting SF-12, VAS and BID in the study group. Conclusion: Grandchild care positively affected the grandmothers' quality of life, depression levels, and general health perception, with the exception of custodial grandmothers.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.archger.2018.08.009
dc.identifier.endpage115
dc.identifier.issn0167-4943
dc.identifier.issn1872-6976
dc.identifier.pmid30196143
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85052971883
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage108
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2018.08.009
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/23391
dc.identifier.volume79
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000447149300018
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier Ireland Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofArchives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectGeriatric
dc.subjectGrandmothers
dc.subjectGrandchildren
dc.subjectBabysitter
dc.subjectCustodial
dc.subjectPrimary care
dc.titleGeneral health perception, depression and quality of life in geriatric grandmothers providing care for grandchildren
dc.typeArticle

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