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Abstract
Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is defined as a break in the inner lining that usually occurs in the stomach and proximal duodenum. An ulcer in the stomach is known as a gastric ulcer while, that in the first part of the intestines is known as a duodenal ulcer. PUD was a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly. Increased incidence of side effects and medication interactions makes complications course much more serious in the elderly although their incidence was similar in younger patients. H. pylori infection and the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) were the predominant causes of peptic ulcer (Stolow et al., 2021).
Also, the bio psychosocial changes produced by aging bring about chronic diseases; psychosocial problems and inactivity-related problems, in addition, loneliness may play an etiological role in the growth of physical and mental health problems in older people. Most of these changes are expected to affect the quality of life (QoL) of the elderly (Fathy et al., 2020).
Aim of the study:
This study aimed to assess quality of life among elderly people with peptic ulcer at geriatric home through:
1- Assessing medical history of older people related to peptic ulcer.
2- Assessing elderly knowledge about peptic ulcer.
3- Assessing elderly quality of life related to peptic ulcer.
Research Questions:
1- Is their relationship between socio demographic characteristics of elderly people and their knowledge regarding peptic ulcer?
2- Is there a relationship between socio demographic characteristics of elderly people and their quality of life?
3- Is there a relationship between knowledge of peptic ulcer and elderly quality of life?
Subjects and Methods:
Are described under the following four designs technical, operational, administrative, and statistical.
Design: descriptive design.
Setting: The study conducted at 2 geriatric homes. And 1 homes affiliated to Cairo governorate.
Subjects: It consisted of elderly people aged 60 years old or over (of both sexes).
Tools: one tool was used for data collection which consisted of 4 parts:
A- Socio-demographic characteristics of elderly people include: (age, sex, marital status, pervious occupation, level of education).
B- Elderly people knowledge regarding peptic ulcer which include (definition of peptic ulcer, causes of peptic ulcer, current symptoms).
C- Elderly people’ quality of life regarding their adaption towards peptic ulcer include (physiological status, psychological status, social status, environment status).
The study results revealed the following:
The current study results reveal that, about one third of the elderly people with peptic ulcer were aged from 60years old.
The current study results reveal that regarding monthly income of elderly people had three-quarters of satisfied with their monthly income.
The current study results reveal that nearly one-quarter of elderly people were smokers.
Conclusion:
Based on the research and research questions, the study concluded that there were statistically significant relations between the total knowledge score of elderly people and their gender and marital status. There were a statistically in significant relations between gender and marital and occupation and income and residence status and educational level of the studied elderly people and their total quality of life about peptic ulcer. There were negative correlation between total quality of life and duration of the disease and also with total scores of knowledge related to disease.
Recommendations:
The finding of the present study suggested the following recommendations:
1- Health educational program should be developed and implemented for elderly people with peptic ulcer to improve, and update them with the most current information about the disease, and quality of life.
2- Further studied need to be focusing on improving quality of life of elderly people with peptic ulcer.