Effectiveness of Exercise Program on Mobility, Activity of Daily Living and Quality of Life among Elderly Residing at Rural Area Vimala G* PhD Scholar, Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences (DU), College of Nursing, Loni (Bk), Tal. Rahata, Dist. Ahmednagar, MS *Corresponding Author: Mrs G Vimala PhD Scholar, Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences (DU), College of Nursing, Loni (Bk), Tal. Rahata, Dist. Ahmednagar, MS-413736 Mobile: +91 9960540093 Email: sivavimal.guru@gmail.com
Online published on 6 April, 2019. Abstract Introduction Aging is considered as normal and natural process of every human being, and regarded as an unavoidable biological happening. The ever changing dynamics of demographics have affected the elderly at large; wherein the impact is enormous throughout world including the developing countries like India. Elderly people face a variety of problems like inactivity, functional loss, psychiatric morbidity and diminished quality of life. The scientific evidences highlight that practice of exercise program enhances mobility, activity of daily living and quality of life. Thus the present communication was carried out to assess the effectiveness of exercise program on mobility, activity of daily living and quality of life among elderly. Materials and Method It's a true experimental study, where post test only design with control group was used among 150 randomly selected elderly people (75 was in control and 75 was in study group) residing at rural area. The elderly above 60 years of age, able to perform exercise and willing to participate (consent) were enrolled in the study. Structured interview schedule was used to assess the study variables. The collected data was analyzed with help of descriptive and inferential statistics methods. Results The results revealed that elderly who received the exercise interventions had improved mean scores on mobility and quality of life than the elderly who received the routine care, notably it was statistically significant at p<0.05 level. A significant association was existed between mobility, quality of life with socio demographic variables like age, gender and type of family at p<0.05 level. Conclusion This study demonstrated that exercise intervention was well accepted by elderly population and has significant effect towards the improvement of mobility and enhancement of health related quality of life. It should be emphasized that the practice of regular exercise programme for the reduction in physical deformities and improved wellbeing and quality of life. Top Keywords Exercise program, Mobility, Activity of daily living, Quality of life and elderly. Top |