The Management on Happiness and Level of Happiness of Medicine Science for the Lifestyle of Elderly in Sila Subdistrict of Mueang District Khon Kaen Province
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The objectives of this study were to investigate level of happiness and lifestyle medicine among the elderly in Sila sub-district, Mueang district, Khon Kaen. province. There were 200 elderly that separated in 2 groups (100 rural lifestyle elderly and 100 semi-urban lifestyle elderly). The questionnaire was used to interview the elderly who had age more than 60 years old. Descriptive statistic and Independent-Samples T-Test were used to calculate the data.
The results presented the average happiness of the elderly in Sila was 32.36 (Fair). However, there was significant different between the happiness among rural lifestyle and semi-urban lifestyle group (P < 0.001). The rural lifestyle group had “Good” happiness (33.36 scores) while the semi-urban lifestyle group had “Fair” happiness. In addition, there was significant different between lifestyle satisfaction among rural lifestyle and semi-urban lifestyle group (P < 0.05). The lifestyle satisfaction of the elderly in rural lifestyle group was living with communities but the lifestyle me of the elderly in semi-urban lifestyle group was safety themselves.
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