Perspectives on the quality of life of the elderly who work

Abstract

Aging has numerous biopsychosocial consequences in the elderly and in their relationship with other people. Within Social Psychology, the satisfaction index is the main indicator of a subject’s experience with regard to their quality of life. The interest in the area of ​​old age has increased, in view of this, the present article, questions about the quality of life of the elderly who work, conducting a survey with a group of elderly people who work. The objective was to observe the quality of life of the elderly who work according to their perspective. Data were collected from 36 elderly people aged between 65 and 87 years, ± 5.4, mean 71.5 and median 71 who currently work; for this purpose, 36 identical WHOQOL questionnaires were used. The non-parametric chi-square test was applied to verify if there is a statistically significant difference. Among the results, it is highlighted that 80.55% Totally Agree with the premise that suggests being fully realized when they are in intimate communion with God; 72.22% of the volunteers Totally Agree with the hypothesis of being satisfied and fulfilled with their lives, xo2=15.54 and x2c=7.81, with a statistically significant difference; 50% say that life has a lot of meaning, xo2=8.30 and x2c=9.48, with no statistically significant difference; 47.22% reported having Medium access to daily information, xo2=11.40 and x2c=9.48, with a statistically significant difference; 41.66% classify as Medium the leisure opportunities they have, xo2= 4.41 and x2c=9.48, with no statistically significant difference; 38.88% Totally disagree with the premise that they do not find satisfaction when they pray alone, xo2=7.59 and x2c=11.07, with no statistically significant difference and 36.11% Totally agree with the hypothesis that they feel there are many conflicts and unhappiness in life, xo2=6.09 and x2c=11.07, with no statistically significant difference. It was noticed that the elderly workers tend to have different perspectives, but more prone to positive responses, regarding the various investigated facets of their lives, which, in turn, denotes their level of quality.