Effect on Quality of Life and Adjustment of Elders in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Epidemic (COVID-19): A Case Study of Ban Bung Subdistrict Administrative Organization, Mueang District, Phichit Province

Abstract

           The objectives of this study were to study the: 1) level of the effect on the quality of life and the adjustment of the elders in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 2) to compare the personal factors to the effect on the quality of life and the adjustment of the elders in the Coronavirus Disease 2019, and 3) suggestion and measure for reducing the effect on the life quality of the elders in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 This research applied the Quantitative Research. The sample was 269 elders from the calculation formula of Taro Yamane. The research instrument was the questionnaire. The statistics used frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test and F-test.
          Results of the Research 1. Overall, the level of the effect on the quality of life and the adjustment of the elders in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 was at the high level. 2. The comparison found that the elders having the different income had the different opinion to the effect on the quality of life and the adjustment of the elders in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Epidemic (COVID-19t Province at 0.05 of statistical significance. 3. The the suggestion and measure for reducing the effect on the life quality of the elders in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 had 4 measures: 1) the measure for public health, 2) the measure for preventive medical supplies, 3) the measure for prevention and practice, and 4) the measure for helping.