Abstract:
Objectives: Today quality of life is considered as a comprehensive health issue. The paper
aims to study the quality of life of the elderly residing in Zahedan, Iran, in 2016. The study
is regarding the increasing number of elderly people and the effect of socio-environmental
factors on their health.
Methods: It was a descriptive and correlational study. The sample included 117 elderly people
residing in Zahedan city who were recruited by population-based cluster random sampling.
Data was collected by Quality of Life questionnaire (SF-36) and analyzed by Pearson
correlation coefficient, ANOVA, and t-test using SPSS software, version 19.
Results: The mean score of quality of life was 58.2±6.25. Quality of life of women was
significantly lower than that of men (P=0.04). Quality of life scores were associated with
marital status; so widowed individuals gained less score than married or single individuals
(P=0.048), but the quality of life showed no significant relationship with other demographic
variables such as age and educational level (P>0.05).
Discussion: In the study conducted it was found that the quality of life among the elderly was
moderate and that the status of social performance was better than their physical health. It was
also found that there was no significant relationship between educational level and quality of
life. It was found that the quality of life was low, especially in elderly women; hence more
attention needs to be paid to them.
Machine summary:
Research Paper: Quality of Life of the Elderly Residing in Zahedan (South East of Iran) Maryam Seraji1*, Davoud Shojaeizadeh2, Farideh Goldoost2 1.
Discussion: In the study conducted it was found that the quality of life among the elderly was moderate and that the status of social performance was better than their physical health.
Moreover, in this study, the results of life quality had no significant relationship with educational level, but Habibi Sola et al.
Mean, standard deviation, and quality of life aspects status among the elderly in Zahedan Variable Female Male P Mean±SD, and QOL Scores and Aspects Mean±SD, and QOL Scores and Aspects Physical performance 55.
Mean, standard deviation, and health status based on 8 aspects of quality of life among the elderly Variable Mean±SD Physical performance 62.
Moreover, results of this study showed that the elderly people’s quality of life is average almost in all aspects of their life, but their social performance had a better condition.
5. Conclusion Results of this study showed that the quality of life of the elderly people was average and their social perfor- mance was better than their physical health status.
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Health related quality of life among the elderly: A population-based study using SF-36 survey.