LIFE SATISFACTION AMONG OLD AGED PEOPLE ATTENDING FAUJI FOUNDATION HOSPITAL

Objective: To determine life satisfaction in old age people attending Fauji Foundation Hospital and to assess relationship of socio-demographic variables on life satisfaction of old aged people. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Fauji Foundation Hospital Rawalpi...

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Autores principales: Mehwish Riaz, Abida Sultana, Aisha Tariq
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Publicado: Army Medical College Rawalpindi 2021
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:8881a148f9974ed897a22d8b4ab7871a2021-11-23T03:36:24ZLIFE SATISFACTION AMONG OLD AGED PEOPLE ATTENDING FAUJI FOUNDATION HOSPITAL0030-96482411-8842https://doaj.org/article/8881a148f9974ed897a22d8b4ab7871a2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/2981/3614https://doaj.org/toc/0030-9648https://doaj.org/toc/2411-8842Objective: To determine life satisfaction in old age people attending Fauji Foundation Hospital and to assess relationship of socio-demographic variables on life satisfaction of old aged people. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Fauji Foundation Hospital Rawalpindi from Feb to Aug 2018. Methodology: A total of 347 individuals were included by using non-probability consecutive sampling. The participants of the 60 years or more attending Fauji foundation hospital, being mentally sound and having comprehensive under-standing without hearing aid were included in the study. Questionnaire was given to respondents including demographic profile and Urdu version of Life Satisfaction Scale for assessing the life satisfaction in old age. Results: The total sample mean life satisfaction score was 14.95 ± 6.54. 5 (1.5%) people were extremely satisfied, 27 (8.4%) were satisfied, 117 (36 %) were dissatisfied and 63 (19.1%) were extremely dissatisfied. Conclusion: Life satisfaction was found statistically significant with female gender, older age 70-80 years, being un married, primary education, monthly income of less than 10,000 and being unemployed.Mehwish RiazAbida SultanaAisha TariqArmy Medical College Rawalpindiarticlefauji foundation hospital rawalpindilife satisfactionlife satisfaction scaleMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 71, Iss 5, Pp 1751-1754 (2021)
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topic fauji foundation hospital rawalpindi
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life satisfaction scale
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life satisfaction scale
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Mehwish Riaz
Abida Sultana
Aisha Tariq
LIFE SATISFACTION AMONG OLD AGED PEOPLE ATTENDING FAUJI FOUNDATION HOSPITAL
description Objective: To determine life satisfaction in old age people attending Fauji Foundation Hospital and to assess relationship of socio-demographic variables on life satisfaction of old aged people. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Fauji Foundation Hospital Rawalpindi from Feb to Aug 2018. Methodology: A total of 347 individuals were included by using non-probability consecutive sampling. The participants of the 60 years or more attending Fauji foundation hospital, being mentally sound and having comprehensive under-standing without hearing aid were included in the study. Questionnaire was given to respondents including demographic profile and Urdu version of Life Satisfaction Scale for assessing the life satisfaction in old age. Results: The total sample mean life satisfaction score was 14.95 ± 6.54. 5 (1.5%) people were extremely satisfied, 27 (8.4%) were satisfied, 117 (36 %) were dissatisfied and 63 (19.1%) were extremely dissatisfied. Conclusion: Life satisfaction was found statistically significant with female gender, older age 70-80 years, being un married, primary education, monthly income of less than 10,000 and being unemployed.
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author Mehwish Riaz
Abida Sultana
Aisha Tariq
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Abida Sultana
Aisha Tariq
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title LIFE SATISFACTION AMONG OLD AGED PEOPLE ATTENDING FAUJI FOUNDATION HOSPITAL
title_short LIFE SATISFACTION AMONG OLD AGED PEOPLE ATTENDING FAUJI FOUNDATION HOSPITAL
title_full LIFE SATISFACTION AMONG OLD AGED PEOPLE ATTENDING FAUJI FOUNDATION HOSPITAL
title_fullStr LIFE SATISFACTION AMONG OLD AGED PEOPLE ATTENDING FAUJI FOUNDATION HOSPITAL
title_full_unstemmed LIFE SATISFACTION AMONG OLD AGED PEOPLE ATTENDING FAUJI FOUNDATION HOSPITAL
title_sort life satisfaction among old aged people attending fauji foundation hospital
publisher Army Medical College Rawalpindi
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