The Relationship between a Sufficiency Economy and the Quality of Life Of the Middle-Aged and Elderly in Pathum Thani Province

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Objective: To show the relationship between the sufficiency economy and Quality of Life (QoL) of the middle-aged and elderly.

Materials and Methods: Cross-sectional study; subjects selected: age 45 years and above; multi-stage sampling: 508 individuals. Data gathering by use of questionnaire and WHOQOL-BREF-THAI. Data analysis: descriptive data and Chi-square test.

Results: The majority of the sample set was mostly female (70.1 %).  The quality of life (QoL) was rated as follows: good, 51.8%; moderate, 43.9%; and poor, 4.3%. QoL comparison for middle-aged and elderly was not statistically significant (p=0.791). Comprehension and application of the sufficiency economy was moderate 72.8%, low 20.5% and high 6.7%. Interrelation of sufficiency economy with overall QoL was statistically significant (p=0.000). Additionally, interrelation of sufficiency economy with QoL was statistically significant in physical (p=0.000), psychological (p=0.008), social-relations (p=0.000) and environmental (p=0.000) domains