Trivedi Bansi
Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2023 May;12(5):925-931. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1592_22. Epub 2023 May 31.
All of the health status, lifestyle, satisfaction, mental state, or well-being, all facets of health status together reflect the multidimensional nature of quality of life (QOL) in an individual. Our objective is to assess quality of life and factors affecting quality of life.
We conducted a community-based cross-sectional study among 260 subjects (aged ≥ 60 years) residing in 13 wards of Bhavnagar city during September 2019-2020 after taking permission from ethics committee (no. 892) using the World Health Organization Quality of Life BREF-25 (WHO QOL BREF-25) scale. We assessed psychiatric morbidity using General Health Questionnaire-12 scale. Independent -test was performed to find out factors associated with quality of life.
Among 260 subjects, 36% were males. Study found highest score in psychological domain and lowest score in physical domain of WHO QOL BREF-25 scale. Physical health was better among Muslims, geriatrics <75 year of age, not addicted abusive substance and no co-morbid condition, whereas geriatrics belonged to upper socio-economic status and normal as per scale had better social relationship. Environmental domain score was significantly better among males and geriatric without co-morbidity.
These findings highlight the importance of active ageing interventions in order to improve the quality of life.
所有健康状况、生活方式、满意度、心理状态或幸福感，健康状况的所有方面共同反映了个体生活质量（QOL）的多维性质。我们的目标是评估生活质量及影响生活质量的因素。
在获得伦理委员会（第892号）许可后，于2019年9月至2020年期间，我们在巴夫纳加尔市13个区居住的260名受试者（年龄≥60岁）中开展了一项基于社区的横断面研究，使用世界卫生组织生活质量简表-25（WHO QOL BREF-25）量表。我们使用一般健康问卷-12量表评估精神疾病发病率。进行独立t检验以找出与生活质量相关的因素。
在260名受试者中，36%为男性。研究发现WHO QOL BREF-25量表中心理领域得分最高，身体领域得分最低。穆斯林、75岁以下老年人、不滥用成瘾物质且无合并症者身体健康状况较好，而属于社会经济地位较高且根据量表显示正常的老年人社会关系较好。男性和无合并症的老年人在环境领域得分显著更高。
这些发现凸显了积极老龄化干预措施对于改善生活质量的重要性。
