title: The quality of life of flood survivors in Thailand, Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The flood crisis of 2011 was a disaster of the highest order in Thailand and Nakhon Pathom Province was among those hit. The purpose of this research was to explore quality of life of flood survivors in Thailand living in a flood shelter established by Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was a descriptive research. The research instrument was WHO quality of life-brief Thai questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF-THAI). The data were collected by self administered questionnaires, or read to the subjects who cannot read, then evaluated the answers by themselves on November, 2011. Descriptive statistics, independent-sample t-test and one-way ANOVA were used in the data analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study found that: (1) The quality of life score was found to be at a moderate level of 65.9% and a high of 34.1%. The social relationships domain of quality of life was at the highest level (47.6%). The poorest quality of life score was from the environmental domain (24.9%); (2) There was no significant difference between gender (t=0.004, p-value=0.997) or age (F=1.356, p-value=0.260), with quality of life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The quality of life evaluation of flood survivors should be further monitored after the recovery and a intervention programme should address their respective needs and covers all aged and genders.
authors: Faculty of Nursing, Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University, Malaiman Road, Nakhon Pathom Sub District, Muang District, Nakhon Pathom Province 73000, Thailand. Electronic address: wanpenw123@gmail.com.
authors: Wanpen
authors: W
authors: Waelveerakup
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D004190:Disasters; D060447:Emergency Shelter / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D055868:Floods; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Flood survivors; Quality of life; Shelter for flood survivors