caa a22 4500 606178554 CHVBK 20210128100757.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11136-014-0898-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11136-014-0898-y Relationship between socioeconomic status and quality of life in older adults: a path analysis [Elektronische Daten] [A. Bielderman, M. de Greef, W. Krijnen, C. van der Schans] Purpose: The main objective of this study was to determine the relationship between quality of life, social functioning, depressive symptoms, self-efficacy, physical function, and socioeconomic status (SES) in community-dwelling older adults. Methods: A cross-sectional design was used to examine the relationships. A sample of 193 community-dwelling older adults completed the measurements. Structural equation modeling with full information maximum likelihood in LISREL was used to evaluate the relationships between the latent variables (SES, social functioning, depressive symptoms, self-efficacy, physical function, and quality of life). Results: The path analysis exhibited significant effects of SES on physical function, social functioning, depressive symptoms, and self-efficacy (γ=0.42-0.73), and significant effects in regard to social functioning, depressive symptoms, and self-efficacy on quality of life (γ=0.27-0.61). There was no direct effect of SES on the quality of life. The model fit indices demonstrated a reasonable fit (χ 2=98.3, df=48, p<0.001), matching the relative Chi-square criterion and the RMSEA criterion. The model explained 55.5% of the variance of quality of life. Conclusions: The path analysis indicated an indirect effect of SES on the quality of life by social functioning, depressive symptoms, and self-efficacy in community-dwelling older adults. Physical function did not have a direct effect on the quality of life. To improve the quality of life in older adults, additional focus is required on the socioeconomic psychosocial differences in the community-dwelling older population. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2014 Quality of life nationallicence Older adults nationallicence Socioeconomic status nationallicence Psychosocial functioning nationallicence Physical function nationallicence Bielderman A. Research and Innovation Group in Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands aut de Greef M. Research and Innovation Group in Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands aut Krijnen W. Research and Innovation Group in Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands aut van der Schans C. Research and Innovation Group in Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands aut Quality of Life Research Springer International Publishing 24/7(2015-07-01), 1697-1705 0962-9343 24:7<1697 2015 24 11136 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-014-0898-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-014-0898-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bielderman A. Research and Innovation Group in Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- de Greef M. Research and Innovation Group in Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Krijnen W. Research and Innovation Group in Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- van der Schans C. Research and Innovation Group in Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Quality of Life Research Springer International Publishing 24/7(2015-07-01), 1697-1705 0962-9343 24:7<1697 2015 24 11136