Department of occupationnal therapy, School of health science, Kyusyu University of Health and Welfare
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the quality of life (QOL) of elderly people as judged by university students. A comparison was made between the QOL of the elderly as judged by university students with the actual QOL of the elderly. Subjects were 136 elderly with a mean age of 73.1±5.5 years, and 35 students with a mean age 21.7±1.12 years. A basic QOL scale was applied for the measurement of QOL. It was found that the elderly QOL judged by the students was generally a low value. Moreover, subjective well-being was viewed differently by the two groups. It was found that the elderly QOL judged by students was influenced by the students own QOL. It was concluded that the QOL of elderly peoples as judged by university students related to the actual QOL of the students
