Evaluating well-being: Quality of life in elderly dementia patients in Mayo hospital Lahore Authors Saira Afzal Department of Community Medicine, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan Muhammad Awais Department of Community Medicine, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3240-9294 Naila Bajwa Department of Community Medicine, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5875-8128 Meha Siddiqui Department of Community Medicine, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0155-2224 Isma Haleem Department of Community Medicine, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan Alishba Rasool Department of Community Medicine, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5829-0579 Ammad Waheed Khan Department of Community Medicine, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5058-6441 Hussain Mehmood Department of Community Medicine, King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.30034 Keywords: Quality of life, Dementia, Stages of dementia, elderly population, WHOQOL-BREF Abstract Objective: To determine the quality of life and its association with sociodemographic variables in elderly people suffering from dementia. Method: The cross-sectional study was conducted at the Neurology Department of Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan, from July 15 to November 20, 2024, and comprised diagnosed dementia patients of either gender aged at least 65 years. The patients were categorised into early, middle and late stages based on their symptomatology as per the World Health Organisation guidelines. The quality of life was determined by using the short version of World Health Organisation Quality of Life questionnaire. The association between stages of dementia and quality of life scores was explored. Data was analysed using SPSS 24. Results: Of the 120 patients with mean age 70.74±5.7 years, 66(55%) were males, 50(41.7%) were illiterate, 68(56.7%) had early-stage dementia, 28(23.3%) had middle-stage dementia and 24(20%) had late-stage dementia. Stages of dementia had a significant association with quality of life (p=0.001) and health satisfaction (p=0.001). Conclusion: Dementia significantly impacted quality of life across all stages. Key Words: Quality of life, Dementia, Stages of dementia, elderly population, WHOQOL-BREF. Downloads Full Text Article Published 2026-04-20 How to Cite Saira Afzal, Muhammad Awais, Naila Bajwa, Meha Siddiqui, Isma Haleem, Alishba Rasool, Ammad Waheed Khan, & Hussain Mehmood. (2026). Evaluating well-being: Quality of life in elderly dementia patients in Mayo hospital Lahore. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 76(05), 716–720. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.30034 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 76 No. 05 (2026): MAY Section RESEARCH ARTICLE License Copyright (c) 2026 Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.