A study to assess the effectiveness of selected nursing intervention on activities of daily living, self esteem, depression and quality of life among elderly with chronic illness at selected old age homes in Bangalore, Karnataka

Elderly are the most rapidly growing segment of population. In India there are about 77 million elderly populations where as in Karnataka out of a population of 5.5 crores, 8 percent are elderly¹.

1.T To compare the pre and post test activities of daily living, self esteem, depression and quality of life among elderly with chronic illness between experimental and control group. 2. To correlate between activities of daily living, self esteem, depression and quality of life among elderly with chronic illness in experimental and control group.

True experimental two group pre-post test control group design used to conduct the study. Simple random sample technique used to collect 40 elderly from selected old age home.

There was statistical significant at p<0.01in AdL, Self esteem, depression and QoL among elderly with chronic illness between experimental and control group. It shows positive correlation between AdL, Self esteem and QOL among elderly with chronic illness. It shows negative correlation between depression with AdL, Self esteem and QOL among elderly with chronic illness. This indicates statistically high correlation between activities of daily living, self esteem, depression and quality of life among elderly with chronic illness in experimental Group.