Quality of Life among Older Syrian Refugees in Jordan: Quantitative Study

Abstract

Quality of life (QOL) is an important measure in the life of older refugees, reflecting health and well-being. Maintaining the QOL is important, especially with increased proportion of older adults in society. Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis, Syrians sought refuge to neighborhood countries. Many aspects of Syrian refugees’ lives have been affected, therefore affecting the overall quality of their lives. Even so, the aim of our study were to evaluate the QOL of Syrian refugees residing in Jordan, and tackled topic as a multi-dimensional phenomenon (Life overall, health, social relationships, independence, control over life, freedom, home and neighborhood, psychological and emotional, well-being, financial circumstances, and leisure and activities). This study used quantitative methods using survey design with 150 older Syrian refugees (above 60 years old) the data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics, one-way analysis variance, factor analysis and chi square. The study revealed that there is statistical significant differences in QOL among Syrian refugees according to the level of education in favor of older with higher level of education, the results also indicate that there is medium level of overall quality of life among males and females older, with higher level of QOL among male refugees.