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JOURNAL TITLE: Pondicherry Journal of Nursing
Objective: To compare the level of stress, coping strategies and quality of life between institutionalized and non-institutionalized elderly residing at Puducherry. Method: Descriptive Research Design with two groups (Institutionalized and Non-Institutionalized). Sixty samples including male and female where 30 samples in institutionalized and 30 samples in non-institutionalized elderly. Result: The study showed that, the Mean value of Level of Stress, Coping strategies and Quality of life of Institutionalized elderly was 17.4, 151.37 and 79.57 respectively. Whereas in Non- Institutionalized elderly the Mean value of Level of Stress, Coping strategies and Quality of life was 17.57, 129.93 and 65.2 respectively. Conclusion: The study findings revealed that, Institutionalized elderly are having Less Stress, More Coping strategies and Good Quality of life than Non-Institutionalized elderly.
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