Quality of life among geriatric population living with functional disabilities: A comparison between urban and rural populations of West Bengal
Around 1/3<sup>rd</sup> in urban areas and nearly ½ in rural regions were disabled. Older individuals, Muslim community, general caste, and lower socioeconomic class were predicting factors. Physical, psychological, and social-relationship domain scores were higher among rural population, and the environmental domain mean score was higher among the urban populations.
Authors
- Nabanita Bhattacharyya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7385-7126)
- Avijit Paul
- Aritraa Hazra
- Shuvankar Mukherjee
- Sukanta Majumdar
Institutions
- Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital (IN)
- GD Hospital & Diabetes Institute (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1861_23
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00