Quality of Life and Nutritional Status of the Geriatric Population of the South-Central Part of Nepal

Table 6

Association between sociodemographic characteristics and domains of quality of life among geriatric population.

Variables

Sensory abilities

Autonomy

Past, present, and future abilities

Social participation

Death and dying

Intimacy

Overall facets

value

OR (C.I.)

value

OR (C.I.)

value

OR (C.I.)

p value

OR (C.I.)

value

OR (C.I.)

value

OR (C.I.)

value

OR (C.I.)

Age; 0–67/68 and above

0.493

0.85 (0.55–1.329)

0.001

0.11 (0.04–0.29)

0.001

0.08 (0.03–0.25)

0.001

0.06 (0.15–0.28)

0.001

0.36 (0.19–0.67)

0.001

0.17 (0.06–0.47)

0.001

0.07 (0.04–0.12)

Gender; Male/; Female

0.098

0.90 (0.43–1.07)

0.014

0.40 (0.18–0.84)

0.933

0.97 (0.5–1.88)

0.056

0.43 (0.17–1.04)

0.435

0.80 (0.47–1.38)

0.068

0.59 (0.338–1.04)

0.570

0.88 (0.56–1.36)

Ethnicity; Non-Dalit and Janajati/Dalit and Janajati

0.484

0.84 (0.53–1.34)

0.670

1.15 (0.58–2.28)

0.939

1.02 (0.51–2.03)

0.789

1.11 (0.50–2.46)

0.276

1.34 (0.78–2.29)

0.414

0.79 (0.45–1.38)

0.213

1.32 (0.84–2.07)

Religion Hindu/others

0.968

1.01 (0.47–2.16)

0.193

1.87 (0.71–4.91)

0.06

2.36 (0.94–5.92)

0.051

2.20 (0.97–4.98)

0.018

3.13 (1.16–8.47)

0.074

2.06 (0.91–4.65)

0.107

1.86 (0.86–0.4)

Education status; Illiterate/; Literate

0.209

1.33 (0.84–2.11)

0.001

3.95 (1.61–9.70)

0.012

2.71 (1.21–6.09)

0.001

3.772 (1.84–7.72)

0.117

1.64 (0.87–3.08)

0.041

2.54 (1.01–6.42)

0.001

2.39 (1.49–3.84)

Past occupation; Nonpaid works/Paid works

0.765

0.935 (0.60–1045)

0.205

1.52 (0.79–2.94)

0.052

1.91 (0.98–3.69)

0.881

1.04 (0.60–1.80)

0.038

1.82 (1.02–3.24)

0.089

1.91 (0.0.89–4.08)

0.104

1.44 (0.92–2.23)

value significant at <0.05 based on the chi-square test.