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, vol.15, no.4, pp.424-433, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 15 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.424-433
  • Keywords: Aged, Aging, Quality of Life, RELIABILITY, VALIDITY
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

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.