Improving the Quality of Life of Elderly through
GALASEMA Application

Improving the Quality of Life of Elderly through
GALASEMA Application

elderly, Galasema
application, quality
of life

Introduction: Elderly is vulnerable to a decline in health status that may
affect their quality of life. The proposed alternative that involved
technological sophistication is an application, namely Galasema (Healthy
and Independent Elderly Movement). This application was developed to
improve the health status in elderly population. This study aimed to
investigate the quality of life improvement of elderly through the Galasema
application.
Methods: This study employed a pre-experimental one-group pre-posttest
design. The study population included 345 elderlies. One hundred eligible
participants were eventually selected using a simple random sampling
technique. WHOQOL-BREF enrolled to assess the quality of life.
Results: Wilcoxon statistical test yielded a p-value of 0.00<0.05, which
indicated the significant effect of the Galasema application on the quality
of life among the elderly.
Conclusion: These findings suggested the availability of the application for
the elderly population to be used at home independently with the family.

Pepin Nahariani1*

, Shanti Rosmaharani1, & I’in Noviana1

https://doi.org/10.37363/bnr.2023.411116

27 January 2023

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