The Impact of COVID-19 on the Quality of Life and Happiness of Care Home Residents in Croatia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Care/nursing homes globally have been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and have disproportionately experienced a high rate of mortality which led to the introduction of strict isolation policies. However, while there are studies on the mortality, epidemiology, staffing challenges, and mism...
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| author | Michael Olumekor Andrea Stojić Tatjana Kehler Francesco Polo |
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| description | Care/nursing homes globally have been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and have disproportionately experienced a high rate of mortality which led to the introduction of strict isolation policies. However, while there are studies on the mortality, epidemiology, staffing challenges, and mismanagement in long-term care homes as a result of COVID-19, there appears to be a paucity of information regarding the Quality of Life (QoL), happiness, and associated well-being of the elderly residents of these homes. Therefore, we examined if COVID-19 affected the happiness level, QoL, and financial condition of long-term care home residents in Croatia. To achieve this, a survey of 308 participants in eight long term care homes was conducted. Descriptive analysis was performed to describe the mean of all responses and the Bayesian Integrated Nested Laplace Approximation (INLA) was used to provide a detailed quantitative analysis of the results. We found that the QoL and happiness of residents remained relatively stable during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the income level, financial outlook, marital status, and vaccination positivity influenced the QoL and happiness of care home residents to a considerable degree. We recommend that policy makers pay attention to these underlying factors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-37c292aeb6024a7e82c96e0bb116800c2023-11-24T07:44:15ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2022-11-01121146310.3390/bs12110463The Impact of COVID-19 on the Quality of Life and Happiness of Care Home Residents in Croatia: A Cross-Sectional StudyMichael Olumekor0Andrea Stojić1Tatjana Kehler2Francesco Polo3Graduate School of Economics and Management, Ural Federal University, 620014 Yekaterinburg, RussiaFaculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, 51000 Rijeka, CroatiaFaculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, 51000 Rijeka, CroatiaCultural Centre Humanitas in Conegliano, 31015 Treviso, ItalyCare/nursing homes globally have been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and have disproportionately experienced a high rate of mortality which led to the introduction of strict isolation policies. However, while there are studies on the mortality, epidemiology, staffing challenges, and mismanagement in long-term care homes as a result of COVID-19, there appears to be a paucity of information regarding the Quality of Life (QoL), happiness, and associated well-being of the elderly residents of these homes. Therefore, we examined if COVID-19 affected the happiness level, QoL, and financial condition of long-term care home residents in Croatia. To achieve this, a survey of 308 participants in eight long term care homes was conducted. Descriptive analysis was performed to describe the mean of all responses and the Bayesian Integrated Nested Laplace Approximation (INLA) was used to provide a detailed quantitative analysis of the results. We found that the QoL and happiness of residents remained relatively stable during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the income level, financial outlook, marital status, and vaccination positivity influenced the QoL and happiness of care home residents to a considerable degree. We recommend that policy makers pay attention to these underlying factors.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/12/11/463COVID-19elderlycare homesnursing homeshappinessquality of life |
| spellingShingle | Michael Olumekor Andrea Stojić Tatjana Kehler Francesco Polo The Impact of COVID-19 on the Quality of Life and Happiness of Care Home Residents in Croatia: A Cross-Sectional Study Behavioral Sciences COVID-19 elderly care homes nursing homes happiness quality of life |
| title | The Impact of COVID-19 on the Quality of Life and Happiness of Care Home Residents in Croatia: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full | The Impact of COVID-19 on the Quality of Life and Happiness of Care Home Residents in Croatia: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_fullStr | The Impact of COVID-19 on the Quality of Life and Happiness of Care Home Residents in Croatia: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of COVID-19 on the Quality of Life and Happiness of Care Home Residents in Croatia: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_short | The Impact of COVID-19 on the Quality of Life and Happiness of Care Home Residents in Croatia: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_sort | impact of covid 19 on the quality of life and happiness of care home residents in croatia a cross sectional study |
| topic | COVID-19 elderly care homes nursing homes happiness quality of life |
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