Quality of life was finished research since 20 years in people with chronic disorder, the
one of was osteoarthritis, it was a degenerative disease and primary cause of painful. Painful
increase when carry out activities, function disorder and body structure makes someone
activities become limits. Osteoarthritis was the part of arthritis, as such as degenerative
disease. Caused was much factors and signed indicate change hypertrofic in the stricken bone
area, and lost of cartilago progresivelly. The aims of this study was to identify quality of life
elderly with osteoarthritis in Gumpang village, Kartasura. This study was used descriptive
desain and used cross-sectional or made in one time, at May 2016. As many 70 elderly
participate in this study, 20 of them was man and 50 is woman. The results was showed quality
of life elderly in Gumpang village with indicator WHOQOL-BREF instrumens composed of
quality and physical health generally, psycology, social relationships and environments, from
the calculated result was best part of responden are in a enough category. Painful and
incompetent at activities was become primary problem had been around of patient with
osteoarthritis.