Sarvimäki A, Stenbock-Hult B
Kuntokallio Center for Gerontological Training and Research, Helsinki, Finland.
J Adv Nurs. 2000 Oct;32(4):1025-33. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01568.x.
The purpose of the study was to present a model of quality of life and related factors, to study quality of life in a group of elderly subjects, and to do preliminary testing of the model. Quality of life was defined as a sense of well-being, meaning and value. The model includes health, functional capacity, and coping mechanisms as intra-individual conditions for quality of life, while factors in the biophysical and sociocultural environment are described as external conditions. The study sample consisted of 300 subjects, aged 75 or older and living in Finland. Data were gathered by means of structured personal interviews. The participants' quality of life was generally quite good. The correlations among the variables related to quality of life were significant, but the results of the regression analyses showed that the individual aspects of quality of life did not have identical explanatory models. The internal consistency of the instruments was good. The results give preliminary support to the model, but in future studies more attention must be paid to the conceptual and theoretical validity. In order to achieve results that can be applied in gerontological nursing practice, different groups and contexts must be investigated.
该研究的目的是提出一个生活质量及相关因素的模型，研究一组老年受试者的生活质量，并对该模型进行初步测试。生活质量被定义为一种幸福感、意义感和价值感。该模型将健康、功能能力和应对机制作为生活质量的个体内部条件，而生物物理和社会文化环境中的因素则被描述为外部条件。研究样本包括300名年龄在75岁及以上且居住在芬兰的受试者。数据通过结构化的个人访谈收集。参与者的生活质量总体上相当不错。与生活质量相关的变量之间的相关性显著，但回归分析结果表明，生活质量的各个方面并没有相同的解释模型。这些工具的内部一致性良好。研究结果为该模型提供了初步支持，但在未来的研究中，必须更加关注概念和理论的有效性。为了获得可应用于老年护理实践的结果，必须对不同的群体和背景进行调查。
