Puts M T E, Shekary N, Widdershoven G, Heldens J, Lips P, Deeg D J H
LASA, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine (EMGO Institute), VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Qual Life Res. 2007 Mar;16(2):263-77. doi: 10.1007/s11136-006-9121-0. Epub 2006 Oct 11.
Quality of life is a commonly used but seldom defined concept and there is no consensus on how to define it. The aim of this study was to explore the meaning of quality of life to older frail and non-frail persons living in the community. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 25 older men and women. The audio-taped interviews were transcribed and coded for content and analyzed using the grounded-theory approach. Five themes emerged: (physical) health, psychological well-being, social contacts, activities, and home and neighborhood. Factors that influenced quality of life were having good medical care, finances and a car. Respondents compared themselves mostly to others whose situation was worse than their own, which resulted in a satisfactory perceived quality of life. However, the priorities of the domains of quality of life were observed to change. Moreover, the health of the frail limited the amount and scope of activities that they performed. This led to a lower quality of life perceived by the frail compared to the non-frail.
生活质量是一个常用但很少被定义的概念，对于如何定义它也没有达成共识。本研究的目的是探讨生活质量对居住在社区中的体弱和非体弱老年人的意义。对25名老年男性和女性进行了定性访谈。对录音访谈进行了转录，并对内容进行编码，然后采用扎根理论方法进行分析。出现了五个主题：（身体）健康、心理健康、社会交往、活动以及家庭和邻里。影响生活质量的因素包括拥有良好的医疗保健、经济状况和一辆汽车。受访者大多将自己与情况比自己更糟的人进行比较，这导致了令人满意的生活质量感知。然而，观察到生活质量各领域的优先事项发生了变化。此外，体弱老年人的健康状况限制了他们所从事活动的数量和范围。这导致体弱老年人比非体弱老年人感知到的生活质量更低。
