Quality of life among the rana plaza victim patients

Abstract

The study identifies the quality of life among the Rana plaza victim patients at Savar, Dhaka at 2015. It also finds out the association between demographic factors (age, sex, income, diagnosis) contributing the quality of life (Physical, psychological social and environmental domain) among the survivors. The study was conducted through Cross-sectional study design among 50 Rana Plaza survivors who were selected by purposive comprehensive sampling technique from savar upozilla by a structured questionnaire with face to face interview. World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale- 100 (WHOQOL-100) was used to conduct the study. In case of, overall quality of life of RANA Plaza victims, about 24% of them have neither poor nor good quality of life; therefore about 36% of them have very poor type of quality of life at the period of 24 months incident. There was a significant association with survivors‟ type of disabilities, diagnosis, current occupation and their quality of life that means the quality of life is quiet better for person with temporary disabilities rather than person with permanent disabilities. Those who are in jobs have good quality of life than unemployed survivors. However, there are no associations with age, sex, educational background, and satisfaction quality of life. The government and concerned authorities should come forward to take necessary measures to prevent any type of manmade disasters like- building collapse, fire etc. through an appropriate collaboration from top to bottom as well as should develop a sustainable follow-up system after any disaster.