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Introduction: Older adults experience deterioration of body functions which hinders them in carrying out daily activities, thus affecting their quality of life. The quality of life of older adults also reflects their health and well-being status. Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of fundamental conditioning factors on the quality of life of Indonesian older adults. Materials and Methods: Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Simple logistic regression was also used to estimate the odds ratio of good health-related quality of life. Two research instruments, a demographic data form and the SF-36 Indonesian version were utilized for data collection. Results: Findings showed that the total score of the quality of life was at an appropriate level. The logistic regression of occupation and illness duration revealed a relationship with the quality of life of the older adults (p < .05); however, age, gender, marital status, and morbidity did not affect the quality of life (p > .05). Conclusion: Older adults with jobs are highly likely to improve their quality of life as they can carry out activities, have social interactions, and make ends meet. However, the length of illness suffered by older adults may affect their quality of life. It is expected that nursing intervention provided, such as teaching proper health behavior for disease management, may help prevent complications and enhance the quality of life of older adults.

For year research on quantifying how well individual’s function has been reported. Assessing function is particularly important in the older adults, as the prevalence of functional disability increases with age. In Indonesia, there is a lack of studies that measure the functional status of the older adults. There is even less research on evaluating the psychometric properties of an instrument. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the psychometric properties of the evidence supported functional status instrument consisting of the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), the Functional Status Questionnaire (FSQ) and the Physical Performance Test (PPT). This study using the validation design with descriptive approach. And 401 subjects aged more than 60 years old were recruited purposively from five districts in Aceh. Every instrument showed good validity and reliability and has been used either for research purposes or in clinical setting. All subjects completed the FSQ, SPBB, and FSQ assessment. Correlation between SPPB and PPT were higher than FSQ when assessed for convergent validity the FSQ had comparable correlations with the reported health status. However, relationship between SPPB, PPT and FSQ were inconsistent. The findings of this study is expected to support the psychometric properties of all three instrument for functional status assessment in Indonesian Older adults, and SPPB appear to be the best among the other instruments to use in the nursing practice.

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