Quality of life of the elderly in the area of Ban Thep Prathan Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital Tha Takiab District Chachoengsao Province

Abstract

     This research is a cross-sectional survey research to study personal factors and quality of life and compare the differences in personal factors affecting the quality of life of the elderly. The population used in the study is the elderly in the area of Ban Thep Prasan Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital, Tha Takieb District, Chachoengsao Province. The sample group obtained from opening the ready-made table of Krejcie and Morgan at a confidence level of 95% and at an error level of 5%, totaling 220 people, by purposive sampling. The research instrument is a questionnaire consisting of 2 parts: 1) a questionnaire on personal factors 2) a questionnaire on the quality of life of the elderly adapted from the World Health Organization's abbreviated quality of life scale in Thai (WHOQOL - BREF-THAI) consisting of physical, mental, social relationships and environmental aspects. The researcher used statistics to analyze the data, namely, frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and used t-test, One-way ANOVA statistics.
     The research results found that the elderly were male 53.64 percent, aged between 60-69 years, 65.00 percent were Buddhists, 95.45 percent had primary school education, 40.00 percent had their own/spouse's house, 55.45 percent were residents, and 30.45 percent were unemployed. The quality of life of the elderly in all 4 dimensions, namely physical, mental, social relationships, and environment, was at a moderate level. Personal factors such as age, education, occupation, chronic diseases, residence, and family status had statistically significant effects on the quality of life of the elderly at the p < 0.05 level. Gender and religion did not have statistically significant effects on the quality of life of the elderly.