A study of quality of life among elderly and its relationship with physical and mental activity

Background: Aging will cause loss of physical and mental function, loss of family and also loss of spouse. These type of loses gradually affect quality of life among elderly. Therefore, it is important to increase awareness among people in the community to understand about the benefits...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim, Amirah Fatin, Mohd Fauz, Siti Nor Farisya Nadia, Rosnani, Sarkarsi, Muda, Siti Mariam
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Published: Community Health Society Malaysia (CHSM) 2017
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spelling iium-595352018-01-12T07:58:58Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/59535/ A study of quality of life among elderly and its relationship with physical and mental activity Ibrahim, Amirah Fatin Mohd Fauz, Siti Nor Farisya Nadia Rosnani, Sarkarsi Muda, Siti Mariam RT71 Study and Teaching Background: Aging will cause loss of physical and mental function, loss of family and also loss of spouse. These type of loses gradually affect quality of life among elderly. Therefore, it is important to increase awareness among people in the community to understand about the benefits of doing physical activities regularly.Materials and Methods: The aim of study is to assess whether physical and mental activity may improve the quality of life among elderly. A cross sectional study using a convenience sampling was conducted on 380 elderly aged 60 years and above in Kuantan, Pahang. The instruments used in this study were WHOQOL-BREF and GPAQ. The descriptive analysis and MannWhitney test were carried out.Result: There is zero number of respondents classified under high level of physical activity. A total number of 23 respondents were group among medium level and the rest were having low level of physical activity. There was no association between psychological healths; social relationship and environment domain as p-value for the test were ≥0.05 while the p-value for physical domain was ≤0.05. There was also no association between the mental activity and quality of life. It also identified no association between physical activity or mental activity and quality of life.Conclusion: Majority of the elderly had low level of physical activity, however those engaged in medium level of physical activity has a significantly higher level of quality of life. We identify the findings benefits to inform health care providers in emphasizing their health advice towards keeping the elderly physically active to maintain an optimal quality of life and healthy aging. Community Health Society Malaysia (CHSM) 2017-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/59535/1/document.pdf Ibrahim, Amirah Fatin and Mohd Fauz, Siti Nor Farisya Nadia and Rosnani, Sarkarsi and Muda, Siti Mariam (2017) A study of quality of life among elderly and its relationship with physical and mental activity. International Journal of Public Health and Clinical Sciences, 4 (4 (July/August)). pp. 102-111. E-ISSN 2289-7577 http://publichealthmy.org/ejournal/ojs2/index.php/ijphcs/article/view/442/392
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Ibrahim, Amirah Fatin
Mohd Fauz, Siti Nor Farisya Nadia
Rosnani, Sarkarsi
Muda, Siti Mariam
A study of quality of life among elderly and its relationship with physical and mental activity
description Background: Aging will cause loss of physical and mental function, loss of family and also loss of spouse. These type of loses gradually affect quality of life among elderly. Therefore, it is important to increase awareness among people in the community to understand about the benefits of doing physical activities regularly.Materials and Methods: The aim of study is to assess whether physical and mental activity may improve the quality of life among elderly. A cross sectional study using a convenience sampling was conducted on 380 elderly aged 60 years and above in Kuantan, Pahang. The instruments used in this study were WHOQOL-BREF and GPAQ. The descriptive analysis and MannWhitney test were carried out.Result: There is zero number of respondents classified under high level of physical activity. A total number of 23 respondents were group among medium level and the rest were having low level of physical activity. There was no association between psychological healths; social relationship and environment domain as p-value for the test were ≥0.05 while the p-value for physical domain was ≤0.05. There was also no association between the mental activity and quality of life. It also identified no association between physical activity or mental activity and quality of life.Conclusion: Majority of the elderly had low level of physical activity, however those engaged in medium level of physical activity has a significantly higher level of quality of life. We identify the findings benefits to inform health care providers in emphasizing their health advice towards keeping the elderly physically active to maintain an optimal quality of life and healthy aging.
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author Ibrahim, Amirah Fatin
Mohd Fauz, Siti Nor Farisya Nadia
Rosnani, Sarkarsi
Muda, Siti Mariam
author_facet Ibrahim, Amirah Fatin
Mohd Fauz, Siti Nor Farisya Nadia
Rosnani, Sarkarsi
Muda, Siti Mariam
author_sort Ibrahim, Amirah Fatin
title A study of quality of life among elderly and its relationship with physical and mental activity
title_short A study of quality of life among elderly and its relationship with physical and mental activity
title_full A study of quality of life among elderly and its relationship with physical and mental activity
title_fullStr A study of quality of life among elderly and its relationship with physical and mental activity
title_full_unstemmed A study of quality of life among elderly and its relationship with physical and mental activity
title_sort study of quality of life among elderly and its relationship with physical and mental activity
publisher Community Health Society Malaysia (CHSM)
publishDate 2017
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/59535/
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