Quality of life of older adults and associated factors in Ghanaian urban slums: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study provides insight into the quality of life (QoL) of older adults living in urban slums in Ghana.

Design

The study employed a community-based, cross-sectional design to assess QoL among older adults in two slums between April and May 2020. QoL was assessed using the WHO Quality of Life-Brief version (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire.

Settings

Participants were drawn from two slums in Ghana, one in a fishing-dominated community and the other in an industrial community.

Participants

This study included 400 participants aged 60 and above who had lived in either slum for at least 1 month and were able to communicate verbally.

Results

Although the means of all participants' transformed scores were poor in the physical and psychological domains, t

SUBMITTER: Attafuah PYA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8845194 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature