Impact of cardiovascular diseases on life quality of older people

Abstract

Objectives: The study aims to assess the Quality of Life of Elderly People with Cardiovascular Diseases. To find out the relationship between socio-demographic data for Elderly people with cardiovascular diseases and quality of life. Methods: A cross-section descriptive study design is used for a period from December 2022 to the 15th of May 2022; the study was conducted in the Babylon province. Results: The majority of patients aged ranged from 60-69 years old and constituted (72.5%) of the study sample. In regards to gender, most of the studied sample was female. general health (M=1.12) was the most common associated with poor quality of life, followed by physical health (M=1.38), followed by environmental health (M=1.39) and psychological health (M=1.64). as well, social health records the highest mean score (M=2.71) as a good quality related to social health. Conclusions and Recommendations: The study concludes that the medical history of the sample revealed most people had a history of coronary artery disease and the duration of the disease by more than 2 years with the disease. The majority of individuals were elderly People with Cardiovascular Conditions who did not have any chronic diseases.