2011
DOI: 10.1080/09735070.2011.11886394
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Assessment of Quality of Life among Rural and Urban Elderly Population of Wardha District, Maharashtra, India

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“…This finding is similar to another study conducted in an old folk's home in Malaysia [18] and in southern Taiwan [19]. Findings from studies conducted in India [20], Myanmar [6] and in Britain [21] also show generally a higher quality of life among the elderly. This is because quality of life is a subjective evaluation and is based on the elderly's perception regarding wellbeing [4].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 80%
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“…This finding is similar to another study conducted in an old folk's home in Malaysia [18] and in southern Taiwan [19]. Findings from studies conducted in India [20], Myanmar [6] and in Britain [21] also show generally a higher quality of life among the elderly. This is because quality of life is a subjective evaluation and is based on the elderly's perception regarding wellbeing [4].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 80%
“…Studies among the elderly in Thailand found that social participation was significantly related to successful ageing and was a significant predictor variable [27,31]. It was found in a study among the elderly in India found that the elderly living in urban areas are more actively involved in social activities and had better social relationship scores than the elderly who lived in villages who had lower scores due to less opportunity for socialization [20]. Not being mobile and dependent on others for mobility can reduce social interaction and result in poor quality of life as shown in a study conducted in Thailand [30].…”
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“…The dilemma of dichotomy of longevity on one hand and the enormously compromised QoL on the other is indeed perplexing (Mudey et al, 2011). Elderly QoL is also challenged by poor economic, cultural, educational and health care conditions.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Beberapa penelitian sebelumnya mengkaji tentang kualitas hidup secara umum dan berdasarkan aspek sosial-ekonomi (Puspitawati, 2009;Simanjuntak, Puspitawati, & Djamaludin, 2010;Muflikhati et al, 2010;Mudey et al, 2011), kualitas hidup di negara berkembang (Khizindar, 2009), dan juga kualitas hidup lansia (Netuveli & Blane, 2008). Kualitas hidup didefinisikan sebagai seberapa jauh rasa kebahagiaan atau kesejahteraan dan kepuasan yang dialami (Park & Shin, 2005).…”
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