Quality of Life for Elderly People with Cardiovascular Diseases in Rural Areas at Naser City

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1 B.Sc. Nursing Science Beni Suef University

2 Assist Professor of Community Health Nursing Faculty of Nursing / Beni-Suef University

3 Assist Professor of Community Health nursing Faculty of Nursing / Beni-Suef University

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Back ground: Age is associated with increased cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular disease, which constitutes the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in elderly people. Aim: to assess quality of life for elderly people with cardiovascular diseases in rural areas at Naser city. Design A descriptive exploratory design was utilized in this study. Setting: This study was carried out in internal medicine outpatient clinic at Naser general hospital, Beni-Suef Governorate, Egypt. Sample: A purposive sample of 150 elderly people with cardiovascular diseases was included. Tools: Two tools were used, 1) A structured interview questionnaire sheet, included two parts. Part I: Socio-demographic characteristics of the elderly people. Part II: Past medical history. Part III: Knowledge assessment questionnaire to assess elderly’ knowledge regarding cardiovascular diseases. Tool II: The World Health Organization quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire. Results: 70.0% of the participants had poor total knowledge regarding cardiovascular disease. 68.0% of the elderly people with cardiovascular diseases had moderate total quality of life. Conclusion: there was a significant relation between studied participant’s total knowledge score and their age, educational level and living condition with (p< 0.05*), also there was a significant relation between studied participant’s total quality of life score and age, gender, educational level and occupation with (p< 0.05*). Recommendations: Health educational program and further studies should be developed and implemented for elderly to educate them about cardiovascular disease with the most current information and practices about their quality of life,

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