Quality of Life for Elderly with Mobility Impairment at Zagazig University Hospitals | ||
| Zagazig Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 3, Volume 14, Issue 1 - Serial Number 2018, 2018, Pages 29-44 PDF (339.85 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/znj.2018.37735 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Heba Mahmoud Samy1; Eman Shokry Abdalla2; Sabah Abdou Ali2 | ||
| 1faculty of nursing ,zagazig university | ||
| 2faculty of nursing, zagazig university | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract Background Quality of life for elderly with mobility impairment has abroad approach, the quality of life for elderly with mobility impairment was affected generally low levels especially for the psychological, physical and social aspects, in total, only small number of elderly had high quality of life, Aim of the study was to assess the quality of life for elderly with mobility impairment. Subjects and Methods: Research design: Across- section descriptive design was used in this study to achieve its aim .Setting: the orthopedics and rehabilitation outpatient clinics affiliated to the geriatric unit at Zagazig university Hospitals. Subjects: a sample of 220 of elderly patients with mobility impairment. Tools of data collection: First Tool: structure interview questionnaire, to collect the necessary basic data, Second Tool: scale for performance of Daily Life Activities (DLA) for elderly with mobility impairment, Third Tool: Functioning assessment scale, Fourth Tool: Quality of life (QOL) scale, Results : statistically significant associations with all the domains and total of (QOL), The only exception was the psychological domain, which was not statistically significant; it also indicated that there were statistically significant relations between elderly's independence in DLA and all types of functional abilities. Conclusion: many areas of quality of life were not achieved by the patients, but some implementation steps were performed. Recommendations: Identify impairment and improving services for mobility aid, assistive mobility devices and rehabilitation programs. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| quality of life; Elderly; mobility; Impairment | ||
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