A Comparative Study to Assess the Quality of Life among Elderly People Residing in Selected Rural and Urban Areas, Mysore

Abstract

Introduction : Aging is the final stage of normal life cycle. It is a universal process which every living organism has to pass through as a biological imperative life. In the words of 'scneca' old age is an incurable disease but recently Sir James Ross commented you do not heal the age. You protected it, you promote it, and you extended it1. Methodology : Quantitative approach was used for this research. Research design for particular study was Comparative descriptive design. The study was conducted in selected rural and urban areas in Mysore. The population in this study were elderly people aged 60 and above residing in selected rural and urban communities in Mysore. In present study sample consist of 100 elderly people. Out of which 50 belong to rural area (mallahalli) and 50 from urban area (Giriya Bovi Palya) Non probability convenience sampling technique was used to select the samples for the study. The instrument used in this study was modified WHO quality of life interview schedule to assess the quality of life of elderly people. Results : The finding in measuring the overall quality of life score of respondents indicates significant result at 5% level. The statistical 't' test implies the significant difference in the mean quality of life of respondents between rural and urban areas. (t=7.28 *, p<0.05) Conclusions : The standard 't' test of rural and urban respondents was found to be 7.28 which is significant at p> 0.05 level. So it is inferred that the quality of life is good in urban area.