Abstract: The study sought to assess the impact of quality of life, health and coping strategies among the aged. The population of the study was all the aged (65+) people who live in Osu community and used the convenience and purposive sampling techniques to select forty (40) participants comprising twenty-six (26) females and fourteen (14) males who were chosen as sample for the study. The cross-sectional survey approach was used to collect data for the study. The major instruments used in this study were the European Quality of Life Group Questionnaire (EQCQ), the Brief COPE scale and the Older People’s Quality of Life Questionnaire (OPQLQ. Three hypotheses were generated and tested in the study. The study established that educational background has no impact on one’s quality of life. A significant relationship between quality of life and coping strategies was evinced in this study. Then again, it was evidential in the findings of the study that all the participants use coping strategies equally regardless of the age category. Considering the upshot, recommendations are made for future researches in the same field.
Keywords: Quality of life, Health and Coping Strategies.
Title: The Quality of Life, Health and Coping Strategies among the Aged: A Case of Selected Aged in Osu
Author: ADISAH-ATTA ISAAC
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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