Quality of Life Among Elderly After Retirement at Assuit City

Document Type : Original Article

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1 . Nursing Specialist of Technical Health Institute, Assuit City, Egypt

2 Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt

3 Assistant Professor of Gerontological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt

Abstract

Background: Retirement is one of the most important events in a series of interconnected critical situations interfering with the quality of life of the elderly. Study aim: To assessthe quality of life among the elderly after retirement at Assiut City. Design: A Cross-sectional Descriptive Study Design was utilized. Sample: The total sample size was 300 retired elderly employees attending the Geriatric club of Legitimacy Assembly and the Geriatric club of Islamic Cultural for Center. Study Tools: An interview questionnaire sheet that included two tools was used: Tool (1): The Socioeconomic Scale developed by (Abd eltawab scale 2012). Tool (2): The Older People’s Quality of life Questionnaire  (OPQOL). Results: It was found that 44.3% of the studied retired elderly aging between 60- 65 years. The mean age ± S.D was 65.53 ± 3.57. Regarding the gender difference of the studied sample, 62.3% of them were males. Regarding the total score of the Quality of life among the studied retired elderly, it was found that 34.7% of the studied sample had a low score of quality of life, while 38.7% of them had a moderate score and 26.6% of them had a high score. Conclusion: There is a statistically significant (positive-negative) correlation between age, sex, income of studied elderly and their total QOL. Recommendations: More studies should be implemented to assess public health awareness of the retired elderly for improving QOL and health education programs for the elderly at the age of retirement through workshops. 

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Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal
Volume 8, Issue 20.0 - Serial Number 3
supplement march 2020
March 2020
Pages 87-95

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