To study the Prevalence of musculoskeletal Disorders and its Influence on Quality of Life in Geriatric Population

The study focuses on understanding the Quality of life amongst the geriatric population. The parameters studied are musculoskeletal problems and its impact on quality of life. The study included willing participant of age 60 and above. Elderly people unwilling to participate or unable to give interview for various reasons were excluded from the study. The study focused on 5 villages adopted by Adesh University and total 350 subjects were directly interviewed by door to door visits. The musculoskeletal disorders were evaluated using Nordic score while quality of life was assessed by SF-36 questionnaire. The mean values of Nordic Questionnaire shows that females were more affected as compared to the males. Similarly, the mean values from SF-36 scores indicated that physical as well as mental health problems and social functioning were more affected in Geriatric Population. The overall observations of the study indicate that increasing age results in poor Quality of Life. Nordic Questionnaire and SF-36 scores are negatively correlated with respect to the understudy population.