The effectiveness of the development of quality of life program among the dependent’ elderly in Chanae district, Narathiwat province.

Abstract

Abstract
Nurma Soomkan 1
This quasi experimental research aimed to study the effectiveness of the
development of quality of life program among the dependent’ elderly in Chanae district,
Narathiwat province. Population in this study consisted of 40 dependent elderlies with chronic
disease. This program was developed from all significantly factors from research study in phrase
1 including, 1) knowledge 2) attitude 3) health perception factors 4) enabling factors 5) reinforcing
factors. The program of the development of quality of life program among the elderly composed
of 5 activities including, step 1; increasing knowledge and attitude 2) consulting for elderly 3)
motivation and empowerment and social support 4) health perception 5) home visit by health
teams and assessment with in 5 months. The instrument used for data collection was structured
interview and the quality of life forms and data analyzed to test research hypothesis by Paired
sample t-test. The result showed that after the experimentation, the quality of life among elderly
had mean score increased with significantly (t=8.908, P-value<0.001). Thus, the next research study
will be studying in the 3 elderly groups including; early elderly (60-69 year), middle elderly (70
79 year), late elderly (more than 80 year). In additional, the objective to compare the effectiveness
of the quality of life among 3 differently elderly groups.