Study of Morbidity Pattern in Rural Area
Keywords:
Analysis of Variance, Health Related Quality of Life, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, International Classification of Disease, Statistical Package for Social Sciences, Quality of Life, and Body Mass Index.Abstract
Cross- sectional study undertaken in the meadow repetition area of the RHC, Poonjeri, Kancheepuram District, Tamil
Nadu between June 2015 – September 2016. 337 persons aged 60 years and over were particular by multi stage random
sample. Data was composed by family to family survey using a pre tested structured questionnaire. Quality of life was
evaluated using WHO-QOL BREF. Chi square, ANOVA were used. This research work focuses to determine the elderly
group for the morbidity pattern of elderly population based on the number of morbidities per person in a rural area of
Tamil Nadu.
