Quality of Life and its predictors among Qatari Elderly Attending Primary Health Care Centers in Qatar

A cross-sectional study was conducted at 14 randomly selected Primary Health Care Centers in Qatar to assess QOL and some of its determinants among 672 Qataris aged 60 years or more. Convenience cluster sampling technique, and an Arabic structured interviewing questionnaire were used. QOL was assessed using an Arabic version of the WHO-BREF questionnaire with a tested specific QOL-old add-on module; the higher the domains and total scores. the better the QOL. Results: Around three quarters of males had good to very good QOL, while nearly the same percentage of females had fair to poor QOL. All the elderly had from fair to very good ADL% and most of them were in the fair/good level for the IADL%. Social activity was significantly correlated with QOL. Gender, educational level, income sufficiency, number of chronic diseases, perceived general health and IADL% were the significant predictors for the total QOL. Conclusion: QOL among the participants was average. Physical domain had the highest mean score. while the social domain had the lowest. Gender and chronic co-morbidities. were significant predictors of elderly QOL.