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Assessment of quality of life and comorbidities among elderly population living in Rewa City

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Dr. Konica Gupta1 (Junior Resident), Dr. Ambrish Mishra2 (Assoc. Prof.) & Dr. Shubhangi Nayak3 (Assoc. Prof.)

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Background & Method: The aim of present study is to assessment of quality of life and comorbidities among elderly population living in rewa city. Multistage sampling was done for taking the samples, among 45 wards in the city, randomly 30 wards were selected. With the help of voter list, 10 males and 10 females were selected from each ward randomly, so that the sample size of 600 can be met. Result: The mean scores were high in Environmental and Social relationship i.e., 51.54 and 52.34 respectively, but no statistically significant association WHO-QOL BREF with cardiovascular system was found. Majority of females 158 (62.45 %) were accompanied by someone to the health facility for their treatment and only 113 (41.24%) males were accompanied by someone. It was found to be statistically significant. A little higher preference of government hospital among both males 176 (58.66%) and females 168(56%). Conclusion: Considering the lack of studies regarding quality of life and its associated factors of elderly in our community and in this region, this study was conducted in Rewa city and was aimed at measuring the Quality of life using WHO QOL BREF tool with permission by the WHO and assessment of various health related problems among the elderly population who were 60 and above. While old age is in itself one of the associated factor for various morbidities, other factors such as socio-demographic profile, BMI, working status, educational status, behaviour towards seeking care towards the chronic diseases etc were assessed in view of knowing the potential associations.

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