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SUMMERY
“A study to evaluate the effectiveness of physical activity on quality of life among old
age people at selected old age home Tumkur”
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
• Assess the quality of life of old age people using old age people quality of life
scale.
• To evaluate the effectiveness of physical activity training by comparing pre and
post test score.
• To determine the association between pre test score and selected demographic
variables.
HYPOTHESIS
H₁: There was a significant difference between pre test and post test score of old age.
H₂: There was a significant association between the pre test score of old age with
selected demographic variables.
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A review of the related literature helped the investigator to develop a conceptual
framework, methodology, the tool, plan for data analysis and interpretation. The
conceptual framework of the study was based on the King’s Goal Attainment Theory.
A quasi-experimental study with one group pre and post-test design was selected. The
samples were selected by conveint Sample technique. The sample was 37 Oldage people
of Sri sharadamba Oldage homes. The tool used for the data collection was a Standardized
questionnaire, which consists of 10 sample characteristics and 34 questions on quality of
life regarding physical activities on quality of life in oldage homes. Content validity of the
tool was established by obtaining the suggestions of experts. Reliability of the tool was
done by test, re-test method. The “r” value r =0.89 indicated that the tool was highly
reliable.
The pilot study was conducted on 10 Oldage people. For main study, the data related to
quality of life was collected from 37 Oldage people. The data collected was analyzed and
interpreted by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Frequency and percentages were
computed to summarize the sample characteristics and item-wise description of the quality
of life of the Oldage people. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the scores
of quality of life. Chi-square was computed to find out the relationship between quality of
life and the selected variables.
The major findings of the study were:
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Findings related to the sample characteristics are, out of 37 Oldage people are
majority of the sample i.e., 37(100%) were in the age group between 60-69 years,
26(70%) were males, 31(83.8%) were Hindus, 14 (37.8%) had illiterate, 12 (32.4%) were
engaged in agriculture, 19 (51.5 %) had monthly family income less than Rs. 2000/-,
15(40.5%) belonged to a joint family, 20 (54.1%) families were located in rural areas,
Mean & S.D of quality of life scores revealed that mean pre-test score was 85.78
(SD=5.77) and mean post-test score was 102.99(SD=6.73) which indicates the
improvement in quality of life. Hence the research hypothesis is accepted.
The association between quality of life scores and other selected demographic
variables like age, sex, religion, educational status of the father, occupational status of the
father, monthly family income, type of the family, location of the family, place of stay
were found to be non significant. (2.401,0.728,7.91,5.026,4.96,7.314,9.89,14.183, were
less than table values at 5 % significance level) Hence the null hypothesis was retained.
Total quantity of life score and item wise analysis of quality of life regarding
physical activities on quality of life in oldage homes among Oldage people were found to
be 20.0% an improvement in pre and post-test score. Hence the research hypothesis was
accepted.
In comparison of the pre-test and post-test quality of life score of Oldage people,
21 (56%) had average and 16 (44 %) had below average quality of life in pre- test. In
posttest 37(100%).
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The effectiveness of physical Activity showed a lot of improvement (20.0 %) in
quality of life scores of Oldage people with pre-test and post-test by using paired ‘t’ –
test; the ‘t’ value at 5 % level was <0.001 and it showed highly positive.
Hence the research hypothesis was accepted.
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