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The Islamic Spiritual Service for The Improvement of Quality of Life in Elderly Hospitalized Patients
Abdillah Fuad Muhammad, Merita Arini

Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta


Abstract

Increasing of the elderly population number has an impact on the escalation of health problems. The quality of life in the elderly also generally has an impact due to the decline in health status, vice versa. A specific approach is needed to overcome this problem. This study aims to determine whether there are differences of the elderly hospitalized patients- quality of life in PKU Muhammadiyah Gamping Hospital, Yogyakarta due to the Islamic spiritual services. This is a quasi-experimental research design with a pretest & posttest assessment. A sample of 106 elderly patients with an age range of 60-70 years was consecutively selected by inclusion criteria for controlling the confounders. Variables were measured using the OPQOL-Brief questionnaire. Data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon test because of abnormality distribution. There was an increase of score mean of quality of life after the Islamic spiritual service by the p-value=0,000. The results of the study indicate that the potential for the Islamic spiritual services has been developed to become an effort to improve the quality of life of elderly patients to be healthier.

Keywords: Islamic spiritual service, Quality of life, Geriatrics

Topic: International Symposium of Engineering, Technology, and Health Sciences

Link: https://ifory.id/abstract/9BzFT2p4aXKZ

Conference: The 3rd International Conference on Sustainability and Innovation (ICoSI 2019)

Plain Format | Corresponding Author (Amanda Amanda)

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