Effect of Mobility on the Quality of Life among Old er Adults in Geriatric Home at Makkah Al-Mukarramah

Abstract

Background: Mobility limitations are common in older adults, af fecting the physical, psychological, and social aspects of an older adult's life. The term quality of life (QOL) references the general well-being of individuals and societies. The term is used in a wide range of contexts, including the fields of international dev elopment, healthcare, and politics. Quality of life should no t be confused with the concept of standard of livin g, which is based primarily on income. Instead, standard indica tors of the quality of life include not only wealth and employment but also the built environment, physical and mental health, education, recreation and leisu re time, and social belonging Quality of life (QOL) is aboar d concept affected in a complex way by the person’s physical health, psychological state, social relationship, a nd the relationship to salient feature of the envir onment. Aim: This study aimed to assess the nature of relationsh ip between mobility on QOL in older adults through assessing the older adults’ mobility, Activity of daily livin g (ADL) and QOL. Subjects and methods: A descriptive study was conducted on a convenient sample of 75 older ad ults in Social Care Home at Makkah AL-Mukarramah. Tools of data collection were an interview question naire form to collect socio-demographic characteris tics, Elderly Mobility Scale (EMS), WHOQOL-BREF, and ADL. Results: The current study revealed that nearly half of older adults their ages ranged from (>75- 8 5 years) and more than two thirds of them had osteo arthritis, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and urinary incont inence, more than half of the study sample were rec eived assistance in bathing, dressing, and continence and more than half of subjects feeds themselves withou t assistance. Conclusion: There is a strong positively relationship between QOL, ADL, and elderly mobility (EM). Most of the older adults at geriatric home are comp letely dependent in ADL and mobility. Also there wa s highly statistically significant difference between QOL an d EM. Recommendation: Training exercise must be provided upon initial range of motion of older adult, and en courage the older adult to applied ADLs