Matsubayashi K, Kimura S, Iwasaki T, Okumiya S, Hamada T, Fujisawa M, Takeuchi K, Kawamoto A, Ozawa T
Department of Medicine & Geriatrics, Kochi Medical School.
Nihon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. 1992 Nov;29(11):811-6. doi: 10.3143/geriatrics.29.811.
A Visual analogue scale of happiness (VAS-H) was applied to elderly population in a community to evaluate their subjective quality of life. The study population consisted of 313 elderly people aged over 75. Using a 20 cm visual analogue scale (VAS), VAS-H was measured by asking subjects to place a single vertical mark on a horizontal line at a point corresponding to their current subjective degree of happiness judged from health condition and psycho-social background as a whole; The VAS-H was anchored on the left and with the words "-100%; unhappiest" and on the right end with the words "+100%; happiest". The scores of VAS-H (%) were obtained by multiplying the distance (cm) from the zero point to the vertical line by 10. To determine the characteristics of VAS from the standpoint of the quality of life, we compared VAS with scores of two kinds of established depression scale, because the mood which was assessed by these scale was supposed to be an important factor of the quality of life. The results of the simultaneously assessed Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), and Zung's depression scale (SDS) which was obtained 1 year before for the same subjects were compared with that of VAS-H. The score of VAS-H had a significantly negative correlation with both GDS and SDS. In conclusion, VAS-H was a simple and useful method to evaluate degree of subjective happiness which was one factor of quality of life in the elderly people.
采用幸福视觉模拟量表（VAS-H）对某社区老年人的主观生活质量进行评估。研究对象为313名75岁以上的老年人。使用20厘米的视觉模拟量表（VAS），通过让受试者在一条水平线上根据自身整体健康状况和心理社会背景判断出的当前主观幸福程度对应的位置上画一条垂直标记来测量VAS-H；VAS-H在左侧标记为“-100%；最不幸福”，在右侧标记为“+100%；最幸福”。VAS-H的得分（%）通过将从零点到垂直线的距离（厘米）乘以10获得。为了从生活质量的角度确定VAS的特征，我们将VAS与两种既定抑郁量表的得分进行比较，因为这些量表评估的情绪被认为是生活质量的一个重要因素。将同时评估的老年抑郁量表（GDS）的结果以及同一受试者一年前获得的zung抑郁量表（SDS）的结果与VAS-H的结果进行比较。VAS-H的得分与GDS和SDS均呈显著负相关。总之，VAS-H是评估主观幸福程度的一种简单且有用的方法，主观幸福程度是老年人生活质量的一个因素。
