Cultural Adaptation of the Friendship Scale and Health-Related Quality of Life and Functional Mobility Parameters of the Elderly Living at Home and in the Nursing Home

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dc.authoridElbasan, Bulent/0000-0001-8714-0214
dc.contributor.authorElbasan, Bulent
dc.contributor.authorYilmaz, Gul Deniz
dc.contributor.authorCirak, Yasemin
dc.contributor.authorDalkilinc, Murat
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-24T18:09:21Z
dc.date.available2025-10-24T18:09:21Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.departmentMalatya Turgut Özal Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractAim: The aim of our study is to validate the Friendship Scale (FS) for the Turkish population and to evaluate the differences between the social isolation parameters, health-related quality of life, and functional mobility in the elderly people living at home and at the nursing home. Methods: One hundred sixteen elderly people, 65 years and older, living at home and the nursing home were recruited in the study. Nottingham Health Profile was used to assess the health-related quality of life, Rivermead Mobility Index for mobility level, and FS for social isolation of the elderly in both groups. Results: Mean age of the participants in the study was 76.10 +/- 8.22 years (63-97 years). Seventy-one of 116 cases (63.5%) were women and 45 (36.5%) were men. No differences were observed between the groups in terms of age and demographic and clinical characteristics (P < .05). Intraclass correlation coefficient score for test-retest reliability was 0.981 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.957-0.991) for the FS. The results showed concurrent validity of the Turkish version of FS and were significantly different between the groups (P = .006). There was no difference between the groups in terms of Rivermead Mobility Index (P = .246). Although there was no difference between the groups in terms of Nottingham Health Profile total score (P = .290), there was a significant difference in social isolation subscale (P = .028). Conclusions: It is thought that the inclusion of mobility, social participation, and integration in the rehabilitation programs of the elderly would be useful to maintain their functional independence, social participation, and psychosocial well-being and in increasing health-related quality of life. Regardless of where and in which circumstances they live, all of them have to be supported in their mobility, participation, and social well-being as early as they can.
dc.identifier.doi10.1097/TGR.0b013e318297fc43
dc.identifier.endpage303
dc.identifier.issn0882-7524
dc.identifier.issn1550-2414
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84887281922
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage298
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1097/TGR.0b013e318297fc43
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12899/3585
dc.identifier.volume29
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000330375700013
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherLippincott Williams & Wilkins
dc.relation.ispartofTopics In Geriatric Rehabilitation
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_20251023
dc.subjectelderly; mobility; nursing home; quality of life; social isolation
dc.titleCultural Adaptation of the Friendship Scale and Health-Related Quality of Life and Functional Mobility Parameters of the Elderly Living at Home and in the Nursing Home
dc.typeArticle

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