Abstract
The aim of the research study is to investigate the quality of life of seniors at home andtheir satisfaction in the domains of physical health, survival, social relations and the environmentitself.Design studio. We conducted the study on a sample of 80 respondents / seniors living at home inVranov nad Topľou. For processing the obtained data, we used the following statistical methods -the Fisher's F-test and Student's t-test. For detecting the data from respondents we chose ananonymous standardized questionnaire WHOQOL-BREF (World Health Organization Quality ofLife - BREF), which is a shortened version of the WHOQOL-100. As completion of this study is theimplementation of mechanisms supporting the quality of life of seniors in a natural environmentwith an emphasis on preventive measures of social policy to maintain a reasonable quality of life
Highlights
According to Mühlpachr [11], quality of life is very subjective and very individual, noting that in addition to age, health, physical and mental performance are other factors, such as gender, family situation, standard of living, level of education, resulting socio professional status reflected to the assessment of life quality
Questions 3-26 were classified according to different domains and we found out gross score: - physical health domain (DOM 1) questions no. 3, 4, 10, 15, 16, 17 and 18; - domain of survival (6 items, DOM 2) questions no. 5, 6, 7, 11, 19, and 26; - domain of social relationships (3 items, DOM 3) questions no. 20, 21 and 22; - domain of environment (8 items, DOM 4) questions no. 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24 and 25
Based on the research goals we have set the following hypotheses: Hypothesis 1: Female seniors living in their natural habitat will evaluate their quality of life better and they will be more satisfied with their health than male seniors living in their natural habitat [7]
Summary
According to Mühlpachr [11], quality of life is very subjective and very individual, noting that in addition to age, health, physical and mental performance are other factors, such as gender, family situation, standard of living, level of education, resulting socio professional status reflected to the assessment of life quality. Examination can be determined by evaluation of an individual (subjective expression of feelings, attitudes, courts, evaluation etc.), by other people (an objective assessment of organizations, offices and so on.) or a combination of these methods. 58] different procedures (usually questionnaires) were gradually created to express evaluation scale of some level of life quality. For example they are based on description of the level of self-servicing, or the ability to deal with normal everyday situations and so on
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