Older People with Mobility Disability (Quality Of Life)

Abstract

Mobility disability affects the quality of life for the older urban population. The objectives of this research paper were to determine the burden of mobility disability and explore influential factors affecting the quality of life of urban community aged 50 and above with mobility disability. Total of 481 participants who were randomly selected from two health centres has been interviewed using structured questionnaire in December 2014. The prevalence of mobility disability was 23.1%. All domains quality of life of the older people with mobility disability were significantly affected as compared with those without. These factors need to be emphasized in future planning for elderly. Keywords: mobility disability; urban; elderly; quality of lifeeISSN 2398-4279 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. https://doi.org/10.21834/ajqol.v3i11.126

Mobility impact and well-being in later life: A multidisciplinary systematic review

“…These projections on longevity made scholars and policymakers devote a growing attention on ageing studies for many reasons. From an economic perspective, ageing societies indeed raise concerns about an increasing segment of the population which would need an effective pension system and intense supportive health care ( Abdullah et al, 2018 ). Furthermore, as people age they will have to adapt their homes in a sufficient a way in order to compensate them for their decreasing capabilities or even relocate their place of living, thus, imposing financial pressure to the family expenses ( Samuel et al, 2019 ).…”