การศึกษาคุณภาพชีวิตของผู้สูงอายุในโรงเรียนผู้สูงอายุ ตำบลทุ่งข้าวพวง อำเภอเชียงดาว จังหวัดเชียงใหม่

Abstract

Abstract

The research aimed to compare the quality of life of 184 elderly who participated and did not participated in the elderly school, Thung Khao Phuang sub-district, Chiang Dao district, Chiang Mai province. There were 84 elderly who participating in the elderly school activities and 100 elderly who did not participating in the elderly school activities. Instrument used include personal information interviews, measuring quality of life in older people, and open-ended interview questions on other issues and suggestions. Descriptive statistics and comparison of quality of life among the elderly using Independent t-test at 95 % and content analysis of interview questionnaire were used to analyze data. The results showed that elderly who attended in the elderly school represented the highest scored in social relationship while the elderly who did not participate in the school had the highest level of psychological well-being. Moreover, the comparison of the quality of life between elderly person who attended and did not attended to the school indicated that their health well-being, mental health, social relationship, and environment were statistically significant differences (p-value = 0.001, 0.002, ≥ 0.0001 and 0.002, respectively). Research has suggested that the local administrative organization has facilitated the delivery of the elderly participating in elderly school and various activities are appropriate for the age of the elderly. 

Keywords: quality of life; elderly school; elderly