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Quality of Life in Elderly with Chronic Diseases

Authors
Nanda Masraini Daulay1, *, Febrina Angraini Simamora1, Novita Sari Batubara2
1Nursing Program, Faculty of Health, Universitas Aufa Royhan, Padang Sidempuan, Indonesia
2Midwifery Program, Faculty of Health, Universitas Aufa Royhan, Padang Sidempuan, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: nanda_daulay88@yahoo.com
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Nanda Masraini Daulay
Available Online 22 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-032-9_20How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Quality of Life; Chronic Disease; Elderly
Abstract

The health status of the elderly is not only related to physical condition, but also psychological condition, social activity and quality of life. One of the components that determine the quality of life of the elderly is physical health problems experienced in the long term or chronic. This study aims to describe the quality of life of the elderly with chronic diseases. This study used a descriptive research design with a cross sectional design. The research sample consisted of 84 elderly using proportional random sampling technique. Data collection uses the WHOQOL-OLD quality of life instrument. The results of this study indicate that the majority of elderly suffer from chronic hypertension as many as 43 elderly (52.2%). The quality of life of the majority of the elderly is in the poor category of 65 elderly (77.4%). This study recommends that people with chronic diseases pay attention to their psychological conditions so that they are able to think positively with the aim of improving their quality of life. Families are also expected to be able to support and motivate the elderly to recover from their chronic illnesses.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Tapanuli International Health Conference 2022 (TIHC 2022)
Series
Advances in Health Sciences Research
Publication Date
22 December 2022
ISBN
978-94-6463-032-9
ISSN
2468-5739
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-032-9_20How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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