Open AccessQuality of life and sociodemographic factors associated with poor quality of life in elderly women in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Author(s) -
R S Rajasi,
Thomas Mathew,
Zinia T Nujum,
Thekkumkara Surendran Nair Anish,
Reshmi Ramachandran,
Tony Lawrence
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/0019-557x.189016
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , quality of life (healthcare) , logistic regression , gerontology , demography , confidence interval , cross sectional study , population , environmental health , nursing , pathology , sociology
India is going through a phase of demographic transition leading to population aging and feminization of aging resulting in increased proportion of elderly women than men. Problems faced by the elderly women are more critical than men due to family and social conditions prevailing in India.