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Abstract
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OBJECTIVE: To study the association between fear avoidance belief and quality of life in elderly population.
Study Design: Community based Cross-Section Correlational study
Methodology: 65 subjects including both genders ≥ 60 years in age were recruited for the study. After briefing about the purpose of the study the subjects were made to fill the Fear Avoidance Belief Questionnaire (FABQ) and Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF). The obtained data was then analysed.
Results: The mean age of the study population was 71.13 ± 6.665. Karl Pearson's Correlation was used to find correlation between FABQ and WHOQOL-BREF. The results showed mild negative correlation of FABQ-PA with physical domain (p= -0.026), psychological domain (p= -0.327) and social relation domain (p= -0.344) while the FABQ-PA showed negligible positive correlation with environment domain (p= 0.036). FABQ-W showed mild negative correlation with physical domain (p= - 0.125), psychological domain (p= - 0.345) and social relation (p= - 0.366) and mild positive correlation with environment domain (p= 0.109).
Conclusion: The present study depicts that there is minor influence of fear avoidance beliefs on quality of life of the geriatric population.
Keywords: Elderly, Fear Avoidance, Quality of life
Language: en |