Kim Hyun Shik, Harada Kazuhiro, Miyashita Masashi, Lee Eun A, Park Jin Kee, Nakamura Yoshio
Graduate School of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Japan.
J Prev Med Public Health. 2011 Jul;44(4):149-56. doi: 10.3961/jpmph.2011.44.4.149.
The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between the use of senior center and health-related quality of life in Korean older adults.
A questionnaire survey was conducted to two types of older adults who lived in Busan, Korea: 154 older adults who used a senior center and 137 older adults who did not use a senior center. The Korean version of short-form 36-item health survey was administered to assess the health-related quality of life. Demographic variables were obtained from a questionnaire. These were gender, age, family status, marital status, education, monthly income, present illness, body mass index and physical activity.
The 8-domain scales of physical function and role-physical were significantly higher in the users of the senior center compared with the non-users (F=4.87, p=0.027 and F=7.02, p=0.009, respectively). The 8-domain scales of vitality was also significantly higher in the users of the senior center compared with the non-users (F=7.48, p=0.007).
The present study showed that the users of the senior center have higher physical function, role-physical and vitality compared with the non-users. These findings suggest that although the results are unable to specify causal relationships using the senior center may lead to some improvement in health-related quality of life.
本研究旨在探讨韩国老年人使用老年中心与健康相关生活质量之间的关系。
对居住在韩国釜山的两类老年人进行问卷调查：154名使用老年中心的老年人和137名未使用老年中心的老年人。采用韩国版简短健康调查问卷36项来评估健康相关生活质量。人口统计学变量通过问卷获取。这些变量包括性别、年龄、家庭状况、婚姻状况、教育程度、月收入、现患疾病、体重指数和身体活动情况。
与未使用者相比，老年中心使用者在身体功能和身体角色这两个8领域量表上得分显著更高（F分别为4.87，p = 0.027；F为7.02，p = 0.009）。与未使用者相比，老年中心使用者在活力这一8领域量表上得分也显著更高（F = 7.48，p = 0.007）。
本研究表明，与未使用者相比，老年中心使用者具有更高的身体功能、身体角色和活力。这些研究结果表明，尽管结果无法明确因果关系，但使用老年中心可能会使健康相关生活质量得到一定改善。
