Life Satisfaction of Senior Citizens Residing in Old Age Homes of Devghat, Nepal

Abstract Background: Life satisfaction in senior citizens has been used as an indicator to evaluate senior citizens life conditions. The purpose of the study was to find out the life satisfaction among senior citizens residing in old age homes of Devghat, Nepal. Methods: A cross sectional study design was conducted among 96 senior citizens residing in old age homes through total enumeration sampling techniques over a period of 4 weeks (4th August 2022 - 4th September 2022). Data was collected using Satisfaction with Life Scale through structured interview technique. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. For inferential statistics chi square test was used at p=0.05 level of significance. Results: The study finding revealed that most of the senior citizens i.e. 52.1% were satisfied with their life. There were statistically significant association between the life satisfaction and communication with family members, help from others, life comparing to others, social activities and economic status at p value <0.05. Conclusion: This study concluded that most of the senior citizens were satisfied with their overall life scale and only a few were dissatisfied. Hence, this study suggested that efforts should be directed towards the enhancement of life satisfaction of senior citizens.