Quality of Life among The Elderly in The Elderly Club Nong Muang Subdistric, Nong Muang Distric, Lop Buri Province

Abstract

             The objective of this survey research was to study the quality of life of the elderly in the Elderly Club, Nong Muang Sub-district, Nong Muang District, Lopburi Province, The total of 171 elderly persons were recruited. The data was collected by using the WHO Quality of Life Indicators, abbreviated Thai version. The data was explored by descriptive statistics.

              The results showed that the senior persons in the club were female, 71.30%, aged between 70-79 years, 49.10%, average age was 72.11 years old, 88.90% of them finished the primary education, 48.50% reported marriage status, 66.10% of them receive life expense from their children and elderly living allowances. The income was sufficient for life expenditures and saving for future (35.10%). About 74.30% of participants reported having underlying diseases with 62.60% of hypertension. Overall quality of life was at a moderate level (69.60%). Each domain was at a moderate level, physical domain (73.10%), psychomotor (69.60%), social relationship domain (75.50%), and environment domain (60.80%). All sectors related to taking care of elderly should be integrated the work to promote the elderly life in order to make the older persons to have good quality of life.