Influence of socioeconomic factors on daily life activities and quality of life of Thai elderly
Somrongthong, Ratana, Wongchalee, Sunanta, Ramakrishnan, Chandrika, Hongthong, Donnapa, Yodmai, Korravarn, and Wongtongkam, Nualnong (2017) Influence of socioeconomic factors on daily life activities and quality of life of Thai elderly. Journal of Public Health Research, 6 (1). 862. pp. 49-55.
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Abstract
Background: The increasing number of older people is a significant issue in Thailand, resulted in growing demands of health and social welfare services. The study aim was to explore the influence of socioeconomic factors on activities of daily living and quality of life of Thai seniors.
Design and methods: Using randomised cluster sampling, one province was sampled from each of the Central, North, Northeast and South regions, then one subdistrict sampled in each province, and a household survey used to identify the sample of 1678 seniors aged 60 years and over. The Mann-Whitney U-test and binary logistic regression were used to compare and determine the association of socioeconomic variables on quality of life and activities of daily living.
Results: The findings showed that sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors were significantly related to functional capacity of daily living. Education levels were strongly associated with daily life activities, with 3.55 adjusted ORs for respondents with secondary school education. Gender was important, with females comprising 61% of dependent respondents but only 47% of independent respondents. Seniors with low incomes were more likely to be anxious in the past, present and future and less likely to accept death in the late stage, with 1.40 Adjusted ORs (95%CI: 1.02-1.92), and 0.72 (95%CI: 0.53-0.98), respectively. However, they were more likely to engage in social activities.
Conclusions: While socioeconomic factors strongly indicated the functional capacity to live independently, a good quality of life also required other factors leading to happiness and life satisfaction.
| Item ID: | 62298 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 2279-9036 |
| Keywords: | Daily living, Elderly, Quality of life, Socioeconomic, Thailand |
| Copyright Information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 License (CC BY-NC 4.0). |
| Funders: | National Research University Project of Thailand, NRUPT, Office of the Higher Education Commission, Thailand, Chulalongkorn University |
| Projects and Grants: | NRUPT WCU-58-039-AS |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Feb 2020 01:25 |
| FoR Codes: | 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4203 Health services and systems > 420301 Aged health care @ 60% 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4203 Health services and systems > 420305 Health and community services @ 40% |
| SEO Codes: | 92 HEALTH > 9204 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) > 920401 Behaviour and Health @ 40% 92 HEALTH > 9205 Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health) > 920502 Health Related to Ageing @ 60% |
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