Quality of life among elderly in a rural area

Praveen, Vijaiyalakshimi; M, Anitha Rani

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20160646

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“…Social health domain's mean score was found lowest among QOL domain in both places and it was not statistically significant with residence. Similar findings were revealed by other studies done in rural area of South India 7 and Tamilnadu [19] 5. Conclusion QOL score among elderly was average, while social relationship domain of QOL scores was found to be low.…”

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confidence: 92%

Quality of life of elderly people living with family and in old age home in Morang District, Nepal

Shrestha

Bhattarai

et al. 2018

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Introduction: Nepal like many other developing countries in the world is witnessing the rapid ageing of population. Quality of life (QOL) of elderly people is becoming even more relevant towards an ageing society. In Nepal, less is known regarding special needs and quality of life of elderly people either in familial situations or in old age residences. Objectives: The present study was undertaken to assess and compare the quality of life of elderly living with the family and in old age home. Methodology: A Cross sectional descriptive study was conducted from October 2016 to April 2017 among elderly population aged 60 years and above. A total of 50 elderly people were enrolled from old age home (OAH) using total enumeration sampling technique and equal number of sample was selected from the family setting. QOL of elderly was assessed using WHOQOL-BRIEF questionnaire after taking informed consent from the participants. Data was analyzed using SPSS. Results: The mean scores of QOL domains were better among the age group 60-70 years, males, married, literates and who had children. The mean scores of QOL in physical, psychological and environmental domains were better in elderly living with the family than living in OAH. Low scores were found on social domain among elderly compared to other domain irrespective of their residence. Conclusion: QOL score among elderly is average, while social relationship domain of QOL scores was found to be low. Social activities should be expanded for these residents in order to promote social health. The QOL which each individual possesses is very important in all aspects be it physical, psychological, social & environmental. Furthermore, programs that help elderly people live in their own homes and social environments should be promoted.BIBECHANA 16 (2019) 221-227

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Quality of life of elderly people living with family and in old age home in Morang District, Nepal

Shrestha

Bhattarai

et al. 2018

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“…Females shows higher value in both domain. In studies done by Akbar et al, Sowmiya et al, Raj et al and Quadri et al, gender was found to be associated with QOL but opposite findings were observed by Praveen et al and Barua et al 10,[14][15][16][17][18][19] In present study there was significant association between elderly living in joint family and QOL score. Studies done by Sowmiya et al, Kumar et al showed that the elderly living in joint families had better QOL than in nuclear families.…”

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“…15,16 This is contradicted by Hameed et al 20 According to that QOL depends more on the relationship with family members rather than the type of family alone. [15][16][17][18][19][20] this study also found significant relationship of QOL with marital status but no association was found in a study by Praveen et al 14,23 Financial independence was found to afford better QOL in elderly. Gupta et al had also found relationship between financial dependency and QOL.…”

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Assessment of quality of life among elderly population of rural areas of Etawah district: a cross sectional study

Bansal

Dixit

Jain

et al. 2019

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: All the aspects of health status, lifestyle, life satisfaction, mental health and well-being together reflects the multidimensional nature of quality of life (QOL) in an individual. The objective of the study was to assess the quality of life among rural elderly population of Etawah district and their association with various socio demographic factors.Methods: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 316 elderly subjects in rural areas of Etawah district. QOL was assessed by using WHOQOL-OLD tool. Socio-demographic factors were assessed by using a self-structured questionnaire. Data was analysed by using Microsoft Excel 2010 and statistical software SPSS-22. Transformed facet sore were calculated using WHOQOL- OLD manual and Independent sample t- test were applied.Results: Majority (86%) were in the (≤75) years of age. Among the study participants, 52.8% were females, 67.5% were illiterate, 72.5% belong to nuclear family. The mean scores of QOL domains was maximum in death and dying (83.20), followed by sensory ability (62.99).The lowest mean score was seen Intimacy domain (22.80). Gender, type of family, financial status and staying with partner were found to be the determinants of better QOL (p>0.05).Conclusions: The mean quality of life score was below average in intimacy domain. It was maximum in death and dying domain.

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“…Similar finding was observed in studies done by Praveen et al, Ahmed et al and Karmakar et al [9][10][11] Female were more compared to males. Similar finding was observed in studies done by Praveen et al Kumar et al 9,12 Most of the study population were illiterates. Similarly in studies done by Praveen et al, Karmakar, et al most of the study participants were illiterates.…”

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Quality of life among elderly population in an urban slum of Tirupati city

Guthi

Prathyusha

Nagaraj

et al. 2019

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Healthy aging is a process of developing and maintaining the functional ability that enables well- being in older age. Objective of the present study is to assess the quality of life among elderly population using WHOQOL-BREF scale and to determine the association between socio demographic factors and quality of life.Methods: Community based cross- sectional study was conducted in the urban field practice areas of SVIMS-Sri Padmavathi Medical College for women, Tirupati for a period of one month (February 2019 to March 2019). Study population were Elderly of age 60 years and above. Total 60 elderly were included in the study. Quality of life was assessed using WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire.Results: Most of the study population was in the age group of 60-64 years, Most of them were females (71.7%). More than one third were illiterates (36.7%), 30% were studied up to primary school. 93.3% of study population were suffered from some form of illness. Mean total transformed score was high among ≥70 years compared to <70 years, Males were showing high mean total transformed score compared to females, literates were showing high score and persons with illness were showing high scores and persons without illness.Conclusions: It is concluded from this study that most of the elderly population are suffered from some form of illness. Overall quality of life is good among elderly within 70 years of age, males, literates and who are in living as married compared to their counter parts.

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Quality of life among elderly in a rural area

Cited by 33 publications

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Quality of life of elderly people living with family and in old age home in Morang District, Nepal

Quality of life of elderly people living with family and in old age home in Morang District, Nepal

Assessment of quality of life among elderly population of rural areas of Etawah district: a cross sectional study

Quality of life among elderly population in an urban slum of Tirupati city

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