Quality of Life of Elderly Men and Women in Institutional and Non- institutional Settings in Urban Bangalore District

The aim of the present investigation attempt to study the quality of life (QoL) of the elderly men and women living in institutions and non-institutional settings in urban Bangalore District. The study was conducted on a purposive random sample of 800 elderly in the age ranging from 65-76 years of which 200 men and 200 women in institutional and 200 men 200 women living in non-institutional settings. WHO-QoL (100) 1996 field version was used to measure the QoL. The questionnaire was administered, data was collected and tabulated. The data obtained was subjected to statistical analysis using mean, χ2 test and Z test. The results revealed that elderly living in institutional setting showed high level of QoL than non-institutional setting. The result also revealed that there is a significant difference between the institutional and noninstitutional elderly men and women in the area of physical, psychological, level of independence, social relationship and environment domains of QoL.