Quality of Life among Elderly People with Peptic Ulcer at Geriatric Home

Kamal Ahmed, Faten; Ahmed Mersal, Fathia; Abdel Kader Mohamed, Walaa

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2023.282517

Quality of Life among Elderly People with Peptic Ulcer at Geriatric Home

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ B.Sc. Faculty of Nursing - Ain Shams University.

² Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of nursing- Ain Shams University

³ Lecturer of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of nursing- Ain Shams University

10.21608/ejhc.2023.282517

Abstract

Background: peptic ulcer has a major impact on the health status and continues to be
a considerable cause of morbidity and mortality among elderly people. The aim of this study
is to assess quality of life among elderly people with peptic ulcer at geriatric home. Design:
descriptive study design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at 3 geriatric homes in
the Fayoum Governorate and Cairo Governorate. Sample: purposive sample was used; they
were 60 elderly people aged 60 years old and more of both genders. Tool: The tool consists
of 4 parts: 1st part, demographic characteristics of elderly people. 2nd part is the medical
history of elderly people related peptic ulcer. 3rd part, elderly people knowledge regarding
peptic ulcer. 4th part, quality of life scale to assess the effect of peptic ulcer on quality of life
among the elderly people. Results: The study results showed that 32.2 % of elderly people
were aged 70 to less than 80 years old, 50.8 % of them were female, and 54.2% of elderly
people were widowed. Regarding level of education 44.1%of them had primary education
and 42.4% of them were illiterate, also 83.1 % of elderly people lived in urban areas and
39% of elderly people had a job. Regarding medical history 66.1% of elderly people were
nonsmokers, 55.9%of them suffered from gastric ulcer. Additionally, 39% of them had
family history of peptic ulcer previously, 45 % of them had epigastric pain. In relation to
knowledge 79% of the elderly people had poor knowledge about peptic ulcer, and 91.5% of
them had poor quality of life. Conclusion: it was concluded that; there was statistically
significant relation between gender, marital status of the studied elderly people and their total
knowledge about peptic ulcer and there was no statistically significant difference between other
demographic characteristics of the studied elderly people and their quality of life, also there was
statistically insignificant relation difference between total knowledge of the studied elderly
people and their total quality of Life. Recommendations: Health educational program
should be developed and implemented for elderly people with peptic ulcer to improve and
update them with the most current information about the disease, practices, and quality of
life.

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