Guidelines to Improve Quality of Life Psychological Domain and Social Relationship Domain of the Elderly in Huangnamkhaw Subdistrict Trat Province

Abstract

This research aimed to study and compare quality of life psychological domain and social relationship domain and study guidelines to improve quality of life psychological domain and social relationship domain of the elders in Huangnamkhaw Subdistrict Trat province. The sample consisted of 234 persons. Interviewing techniques were used to collect data. Frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviations, F-test, and t-test were used in data analysis. The findings were as follows:

1. Quality of life psychological domain and social relationship domain of the elderly in Huangnamkhaw Subdistrict Trat province was at the good level.


2. To test the hypothesis quality of life psychological domain and social relationship domain of the elderly in Huangnamkhaw Subdistrict Trat province classified by background. It was found that the elders with different sex, age, marital status, education level, occupation, congenital diseases and membership of the elderly club. The elderly club was not different in quality of life. The elders who had different incomes had different levels of quality of life at the .05 level of significance.


3. Guidelines to improve quality of life psychological domain and social relationship domain of the elderly in Huangnamkhaw Subdistrict Trat province. Psychological Domain should support encourage individuals, give families and communities focus attention and take care of the elderly. Use a polite words, give the warm love, joint activities and training programs are organized to promote and develop older people in mind. Including the elders should be visited by doctors regularly. Quality of Social Relationship Domain should be promoted the establishment of a professional group for elders and providing financial to support them. Elders need to be educated on preparing to enter old age. Providing fun activities, giving various organization information and advising how to solve health care problem.