Bowling Ann, Gabriel Zahava, Dykes Joanna, Dowding Lee Marriott, Evans Olga, Fleissig Anne, Banister David, Sutton Stephen
Dept of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University College London.
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2003;56(4):269-306. doi: 10.2190/BF8G-5J8L-YTRF-6404.
This study aimed to explore older peoples' definitions of, and priorities for, a good quality of life for themselves and their peers. Nine hundred and ninety-nine people aged 65 and over, living at home in Britain, were interviewed for the study. Good social relationships were the most commonly mentioned constituent that gave respondents' lives quality (mentioned by 81 percent). Other important factors were social roles and activities, health, psychological outlook and well-being, home and neighborhood, finances, and independence. Poor health was most often mentioned as taking quality away from life (by 50 percent). Social relationships and health were judged to be the most important areas. Having health and enough money were the two most frequently mentioned things that would improve the quality of their own lives and those of their peers (though in different order of magnitude). The need for dynamic, multidimensional, and integrated models of quality of life in older age is suggested by these results.
本研究旨在探究老年人对自身及同龄人优质生活的定义和优先事项。该研究对999名年龄在65岁及以上、居住在英国国内的老年人进行了访谈。良好的社会关系是最常被提及的使受访者生活有质量的要素（81%的人提到）。其他重要因素包括社会角色和活动、健康、心理状态和幸福感、家庭和邻里、财务状况以及独立性。健康不佳最常被提及会降低生活质量（50%的人提到）。社会关系和健康被认为是最重要的方面。拥有健康和足够的金钱是最常被提及的两件能改善自身及同龄人生活质量的事情（尽管在重要程度上顺序不同）。这些结果表明，需要针对老年人生活质量建立动态、多维度和综合的模型。
