Quality of Life Among Retirees in Sultanate Of Oman

Abstract:

This study aimed to identify quality of life for early retirees in the administrative system of the Muscat Governorate in Oman. The researcher used the descriptive method. The study applied the world Health Organization tool as a measure of quality of life which consists of five dimensions: the dimension of feelings of happiness, the dimension of daily activities, the dimension of satisfaction, the dimension of work and the dimension of beliefs. After confirming Reliability and Validity of the dimension, the tool was applied to a sample of 263 retirees that were selected from the available pensioners living in Muscat. The Researcher used statistical packages (SPSS) program for the results analysis. The study found the following results: (i) The quality of life of the early retirees showed average level as noted in the total score to the quality of life in the sample study. While dimension of beliefs came at a high-level scale dimension. (ii) There have been significant differences in the dimension of work through arithmetic averages, the differences in favor of females. (ii) There were no statistically significant differences between the dimensions of quality of life measure of early retirees’ variable age at retirement in all dimensions of the scale. (iv) There statistically significant differences due to the variable current age for the second dimension (daily activities) for the group benefit of more than 40 years. (v) There statistically significant differences due to the variable social status in the first dimension of the feelings of happiness and positive and conviction came in favor of singles. (vi) There were no statistically significant differences due to the variable level of education when they retire in all dimensions of the scale. (vii) There were statistically significant differences due to the variable health status (who do not suffer from the disease, and who suffer from the disease). Through arithmetic average these differences for the benefit of those who do not suffer from the disease healthy. (viii) There were no statistically significant differences due to the variable years of service. (ix) There were no statistically significant differences due to the variable the level of income after retirement, according to the degree of the scale as a whole.