Systematic review explores environmental effects on quality of life in older people, suggesting improvements in care settings.
Key Points
To systematically review the impact of environmental factors on older people's quality of life in residential care facilities.
Conducted a systematic review including 33 studies from 3798 articles across nine databases.
Analyzed quantitative and qualitative data to assess various environmental factors and their influence on quality of life.
Identified nine environmental domains with 34 factors affecting quality of life in residential care facilities.
Environmental factors significantly correlated with overall quality of life (21 factors), physical health (seven factors), psychological health (one factor), level of independence (five factors), and social relationships (four factors).