Year: 2020
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This descriptive research aimed at identifying factors associated to the Quality of Life (QoL) among older people residing in Muang district, Phayao province. 388 older people were recruited by the multistage random sampling. Interviewing questionnaires were used to collect data, which was analyzed using descriptive statistic and Spearman’s rank correlation. The research revealed that over half (61.60%) were female, their average age were 69.54 (SD.=7.17). Most of them (98.97%) had high level of Activities of Daily Living (ADL). 50.26% of them had a good level of mental health status. Their overall QoL was high level. Consideration in each components found that the QoL in physical and social relationships domains were moderate level as well as while psychological and environmental domains were at a high level. Finding of analysis factors associated with QoL: showed that the predisposing factors are ADL, mental health, adequacy of income were significant positively correlated with QoL (r= .12, r= .66, r= .10, p-value= 0.05), and congenital disease (Diabetic mellitus) was significant negatively correlated with QoL (r= -.10, p-value= 0.05). Reinforcing factors; home environmental management and family relationship were significantly positively correlated to QoL (r= .10, r= .10, p-value= 0.05). Research suggests that health care providers should emphasize more enabling factors for the elderly group in order to promote them to be the healthy elderly.
Institution: Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Phayao
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7220160475