Quality of Life Among Elderly People on Vietnam Situation Analysis: A Literature Review

A primary concern of elderly people quality of life ( QOL ) as many countries in the world are rapidly entering an aging society . In Vietnam, the number of studies, which showed relat ionships between QOL and characteristics of older persons are less . The objectives of this research are to explore situation of QOL among elderly people . S tudy was design ed as a systematic review . P ublications were searched via PubMed, Science Direct, and Google scholar datab ases between 2005 and 2015 with key word ‘ quality of life ’ , ‘ QOL ’ , ‘ WHOQOL - OLD ’ , elderly, older, ‘ Viet * ’ with [ Title / Abstract ]. Publication s were included if they presented QOL, elderly people, Vietnam context, an d in English language . Articles of editoria l, review or methodolo gical articles were excluded . A total of 3000 publications searching QOL were identified, of which 6 met the inclusion criteria . In term of articles were published, the number of papers which were conducted in rural and u rban of Vietnam are five and one study, respectively . In t erm of published articles, six studies had published between 2010 and 2014 . Year of publication were in 2010 ( n = 3 studies, 50 %) , 2011 ( n = 1 study, 16 . 7 %) , and 2014 ( n = 2 st udies, 33 . 3 %). The questionnaire of instruments are consisted of EQ - 5D, WHO - SAGE, WHOQOL - BREF, ADLs, and WHOQOL - OLD . T he study also points out the factors affecting the QOL including age, gender, level of education, and condition e nough income . S tudy indicate d that QOL among elders in urban is higher than rural areas, and male is higher than female .