Open AccessHealth related quality of life among rural elderly using WHOQOL-BREF in the most backward district of India
Author(s) -
Abhishek Singh,
Subramani Palaniyandi,
Anitha Palaniyandi,
Vikas Gupta
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1073_21
Subject(s) - medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , spouse , gerontology , population , epidemiology , affect (linguistics) , demography , environmental health , linguistics , philosophy , nursing , sociology , anthropology
In India, the population of above 60 years was approximately 8.2% in 2011, which is expected to rise to 11.6% by 2026. Due to epidemiological transition of diseases, morbidity of chronic nature will increase with increase of elderly population and it will affect the elderly quality of life (QOL).