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Quality of Life and Its Associated Factors Using WHOQOL- BREF Among Elderly in Urban Puducherry, India

Ganesh Kumar S

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH · 2014 · 106 citations · 16 references

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Abstract

QOL score among elderly is average, while social relationship domain of QOL score was found to be low. Health education with regard to activity and environmental changes and increase in social relationship may help in improving the QOL among the elderly population.

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