Classification of Elderly Population based on Quality of Life Scores
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 the morbidity pattern of
elderly population based on the quality of life scores in a rural area of Tamil Nadu.
