A community based epidemiological study on quality of life among rural elderly population of

Background: Ageing is a recognized international reality all over the world. The number of elderly is day due to demographic transition. This will result in emergence of new problems related to medical, social and economic rehabilitation of elderly population if a timely initiative in this direction is not taken. determine the quality of life and its relation with various socio rural area. Material and Methods: using Post Gradua te Institute Quality of life scale collection. A total of 220 individual subjects, maximum were in the age gr were currently married (60%) and nearly 64% were illiterates. 71.3% of the subjects were engaged in household activities. An overwhelming majority (68.2%) of elderly enjoyed a goo quality of life were � 15%. The association of quality of life is statistically significant in subjects who had graduated and currently married, belonged to non need to highlight the medical and psychosocial problems that are being faced by the elderly people in India and strategies for bringing about an improvement in their quality of life. Key Word: quality of life , Punjab Sta Ageing is a recognized international reality all over the world. The number of elderly is increasing day by day due to demographic transition. This will result in emergence of new problems related to medical, social and economic rehabilitation of elderly population if a timely initiative in this direction is not taken. Aims & Objective: To demographic characteristics among elderly population of sectional design was adopted for studying quality of life, questionnaire. A two stage sampling technique was used for sample 60 years of age were taken up for the study purpose. Results: Out of total 220 69 years (Males=53.6% & Females = 46.4%). Majority of the subjects were currently married (60%) and nearly 64% were illiterates. 71.3% of the subjects were engaged in household d quality of life, while those having a fair/poor 15%. The association of quality of life is statistically significant in subjects who had graduated and s (p<0.001). Conclusion: There is a need to highlight the medical and psychosocial problems that are being faced by the elderly people in India and strategies