Tinggal, Norfairuziana
(2009)
Quality of life among elderly in community setting: Pondok Pasir Tumboh, Madrasah Diniyah Bakriyah,
Kota Bharu,Kelantan.
Project Report.
Universiti Sains Malaysia.
(Submitted)
Abstract
Life expectancy seems to increase from year to year and cause the increasing of
the older people worldwide. Unfortunately, this does not ensure a good quality of life
among older population if their physical, psychological and social needs are not met. A
good quality of life among elderly in community setting had been seen to be related with
demographical data and environmental condition which might be worsens or improves
quality of life. The study is purposely to evaluate the quality of life among elderly in
Madrasah Diniyah Bakriyah, Pondok Pasir Tumboh, Kota Bharu, Kelantan. Apart from
that, it is conducted to determine the relationship of demographical data and
environmental condition with quality of life among elderly in the residency.ln the study,
76 respondents have been chosen using purposive sampling. Data from an interview
based on questionnaire which consisted of socio-demographical data and WHOQOL·
BREF were collected in 6 weeks and processed by using Statistical Package for Social
Science (SPSS) 12.0 descriptively, with the p-value of 0.05 for Chi·square Test. From
the study, 47.4% respondents stated that their quality of life is good while 52.6% are
moderate. Demographical data which have a significant relationship with quality of life
are sex (p=0.046), age (p=0.037) and educational level (p=0.013) while for the
environmental condition are recreational facilities (p=0.023), health services (p=0.018)
and transportation services (p=0.011). Sex is related to QOL because women, who are
less apt to have a spouse to care for them as their age increase, perceived poorer QOL than men. Age also related to QOL because higher age will increase dependency and
decrease QOL. Level of education associated with QOL because studying increased
self-esteem. Recreational facilities. health services and transportation services seem to
be related with quality of life because they can prevent physical and psychological
dependency.
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