A STUDY OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF ELDERLY IN SKIPPED-GENERATION FAMILY IN NORTHEAST THAILAND
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The purposes of this research were to study quality of life of the elderly in skippedgeneration families in the North Eastern Region of Thailand and to study personal factors affecting quality of life of the elderly in skipped-generation families. This study was a mixedmethod research. The research tools were a questionnaire (The World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire: WHOQOL-BRIEF-THAI) and an in-depth interview form. The research sample consisted of 432 elderly people in skipped-generation families (417 elderly people for survey questionnaire and 15 elderly people for in-depth interviews) from three provinces namely Surin, Nong Bua Lam Phu, and Roi Et in the North Eastern Region of Thailand. The data were analyzed with content analysis, descriptive statistics, t-test, and one-way ANOVA.
The results showed that 77% of elderly people in skipped-generation families had overall quality of life at the moderate level and the other 21% had overall quality of life at the good level. When specific aspects of life quality were considered, it was found that their mental quality aspect was highest, followed by the environmental quality aspect, and the physical quality aspect, respectively. The personal factors affecting the quality of life of the elderly significantly at the .05 level were gender, age, educational level, congenital disease, welfare card registration, source of income, economic status, organization membership, and frequency of participation in activities.
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