The relationship between social support and quality of life among older people in Temerloh, Pahang / Siti Munirah Mohd Bhokhari

Introduction; The number of older people was increasing in Malaysia since 1960 due to advance technology in controlling diseases and decline number of mortality. Maintaining health, social support, and enhancing quality of life of older people became more challenging for us. So, it is fundamental to...

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Main Author: Mohd Bhokhari, Siti Munirah
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Published: 2016
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spelling my-uitm-ir.632112022-06-30T03:31:26Z The relationship between social support and quality of life among older people in Temerloh, Pahang / Siti Munirah Mohd Bhokhari 2016-07 Mohd Bhokhari, Siti Munirah Quality of life Old age Introduction; The number of older people was increasing in Malaysia since 1960 due to advance technology in controlling diseases and decline number of mortality. Maintaining health, social support, and enhancing quality of life of older people became more challenging for us. So, it is fundamental to study about QoL among older people due to explore the effectiveness of health intervention as well as social support seem to be one of the important factor that can influence QoL of elderly because it able to increase their life satisfaction. Aim of the study is to investigate relationship between social support and quality of life among older people. Method; A cross sectional-study was conducted among 60 older people who aged 60 and above in Temerloh and their participation was on voluntary basis. This study is using two type of assessment; WHOQOL- BREF and Lubben Social Support Network Scale ,(LSNS). WHOQOL-BREF consists of four domain; physical health, psychological, social and environment while LSNS questionnaire was divided into two sections; family relationship and friends' relationship. Result; A total of 22 (36.7%) male and 38 (63.3%) female were participating in this study. The result revealed that there are no significant different between social support and gender in older people with median for female, 39.5 and males, 40.0. Moreover, there are no significant different between QoL and gender among older people. However, there are positive correlation between social support and QoL based on WHOQOL-BREF. Discussion; Previous study'Tcmnd that there are no significant different between social support and gender however, there are different in seeking social support. Next objective also supported by previous study which QoL not influence by gender but influenced by age and health status. Lastly, third objective is also supported in previous study which is having good relationship between children and friend will improve the quality of life. Conclusion; Older people need social support whether it is from their children, relatives or friends. Understanding the importance of social support among older people is important in planning goals and intervention in occupational therapy. 2016-07 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/63211/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/63211/1/63211.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Health Sciences
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topic Quality of life
Old age
spellingShingle Quality of life
Old age
Mohd Bhokhari, Siti Munirah
The relationship between social support and quality of life among older people in Temerloh, Pahang / Siti Munirah Mohd Bhokhari
description Introduction; The number of older people was increasing in Malaysia since 1960 due to advance technology in controlling diseases and decline number of mortality. Maintaining health, social support, and enhancing quality of life of older people became more challenging for us. So, it is fundamental to study about QoL among older people due to explore the effectiveness of health intervention as well as social support seem to be one of the important factor that can influence QoL of elderly because it able to increase their life satisfaction. Aim of the study is to investigate relationship between social support and quality of life among older people. Method; A cross sectional-study was conducted among 60 older people who aged 60 and above in Temerloh and their participation was on voluntary basis. This study is using two type of assessment; WHOQOL- BREF and Lubben Social Support Network Scale ,(LSNS). WHOQOL-BREF consists of four domain; physical health, psychological, social and environment while LSNS questionnaire was divided into two sections; family relationship and friends' relationship. Result; A total of 22 (36.7%) male and 38 (63.3%) female were participating in this study. The result revealed that there are no significant different between social support and gender in older people with median for female, 39.5 and males, 40.0. Moreover, there are no significant different between QoL and gender among older people. However, there are positive correlation between social support and QoL based on WHOQOL-BREF. Discussion; Previous study'Tcmnd that there are no significant different between social support and gender however, there are different in seeking social support. Next objective also supported by previous study which QoL not influence by gender but influenced by age and health status. Lastly, third objective is also supported in previous study which is having good relationship between children and friend will improve the quality of life. Conclusion; Older people need social support whether it is from their children, relatives or friends. Understanding the importance of social support among older people is important in planning goals and intervention in occupational therapy.
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title The relationship between social support and quality of life among older people in Temerloh, Pahang / Siti Munirah Mohd Bhokhari
title_short The relationship between social support and quality of life among older people in Temerloh, Pahang / Siti Munirah Mohd Bhokhari
title_full The relationship between social support and quality of life among older people in Temerloh, Pahang / Siti Munirah Mohd Bhokhari
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