THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE INFLUENCING FACTORS AMONG THE POPULATION OVER 65 LIVING IN GAZIANTEP CITY CENTER

Aydin S., Karaoğlu L.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI, cilt.15, sa.4, ss.424-433, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 15 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.424-433
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Aged, Aging, Quality of Life, RELIABILITY, VALIDITY
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Introduction: Quality of life involves being happy and being pleased with the life itself and it is a concept used to describe "being well" in general. The objective of the study is to define quality of life and the influencing factors among the elderly people living in the city center of Gaziantep.