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Quality of Life Level Description of Elderly Patients with Hypertension Using Instruments WHOQOL-BREF

Ciereng Hospital, Subang

Authors
Jusron Iriawan, Ghaisani Nur Shabrina, Ali Taufan, Muhammad Adam Zulqarnain
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Jusron Iriawan
Available Online 24 July 2021.
DOI
10.2991/ahsr.k.210723.045How to use a DOI?
Keywords
elderly, hypertension, quality of life, WHOQOL-BREF
Abstract

Aging or elderly were the most growing population group and continued to increase as a proportion of the world population. Elderly were the most susceptible age group to physical complaints, either due to physiological factors or disease. Most diseases experienced by the elderly were hypertension. According to Riskesdas, West Java Province figured hypertension in Subang at 35.4%, or at the 4th in West Java. Hypertension in the elderly causes problems both from physical health, psychological, social relations, and environmental, resulting in decreased quality of life of sufferers. The study design was a descriptive study to know the level of quality of life of elderly patients with hypertension using instruments WHOQOL-BREF in Ciereng Subang hospital. The total sample in this study are 93 people by using a simple random sampling technique. Respondent data consist of 45 males (48,4%) and 48 females (51,6%). The results showed that the quality of life of the elderly in general quality of life was moderate (55.9%) while a good quality of life (32.3%), the dimensions of physical health got a poor quality of life (60.2%), the dimensions of psychological well-being got a poor quality of life (52.7%), the social relationship dimension being got a moderate quality of life (79.6%) and on the relation between environmental dimension got a moderate quality of life (83.8%). The conclusion of this study is quality of life of the elderly in general is good, only bad on the dimensions of physical health and psychological well-being.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 12th Annual Scientific Meeting, Medical Faculty, Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani, International Symposium on "Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response during COVID 19 Pandemic" (ASMC 2021)
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Advances in Health Sciences Research
Publication Date
24 July 2021
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978-94-6239-408-7
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2468-5739
DOI
10.2991/ahsr.k.210723.045How to use a DOI?
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