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BACKGROUND: Quality of life is a phenomenon that recently required lots of concern, especially for older adults, since healthy aging and longevity have become the focus in life. Most research on the quality of life addresses certain issues of older people having special diseases, health problems, and disorders. Our research is based on holistic quality of life empowering multiple areas of life/domains of older adults without addressing their diseases or health disorders. AIM: Our research aims at evaluating the quality of life of the research participants (older people), addressing their problematic areas and suggestions for better quality of life. METHODS: The conducted research implied mixed methods as quantitative survey and reflection based on interviews. We chose participants from the III age university and the ongoing project "Healthy Aging Program". RESULTS: The research results showed the lowest ratings for emotional and physical health and the highest rating for social health. Also, older adults tend to avoid specifying precise measures to improve their quality of life and demonstrate a more conservative stance regarding the implementation of more radical changes in improving water consumption, exercising, meal planning, and enhancing psychosocial well-being. CONCLUSIONS: The overall quality of life rating was lower than the average. Older adults are not sufficiently prepared or educated to make significant changes to develop healthier habits in their quality-of-life improvement, though, they demonstrate concern about their quality of life.
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Longevidad , Calidad de Vida , Humanos , Anciano , Calidad de Vida/psicología , Lituania , Encuestas y Cuestionarios , Ejercicio FísicoRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: The aim: To analyze the occurrence of complications and evaluate the quality of life in patients who got less-invasive treatment methods using endovenous laser ablation of varicose veins of the lower extremities in the early and late postoperative periods. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: The study was conducted with the participation of 100 patients treated in 2019-2020 by one team of surgeons for varicose veins of the lower extremities with symptoms of chronic venous insufficiency C2-C4 (CEAP classification). Depending on the performance of endovenous surgical interventions, all patients were divided into two study groups. RESULTS: Results: In assessing the quality of life associated with health, according to the CIVIQ 2 questionnaire, it was found that in the presence of varicose veins in the superficial veins of the lower extremities, indicators decrease both in general and on all studied scales (pain, physical, psychological and social). However, when using endovenous laser ablation without miniphlebectomy, after 6 months of observation, recurrence of varicose veins of the lower extremities was noted, which was not observed in patients of the first group. CONCLUSION: Conclusions: The use of less-invasive interventions with ultrasound guidance positively affects patients' quality of life with varicose veins of the lower extremities, both in the early and prolonged postoperative periods.