Amiri Elham, Khiavi Farzad Faraji, Dargahi Hossine, Dastjerd Esmat
MSc in Rehabilitation Administration, School of Rehabilitation, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
PhD, Associate Professor, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, School of Health, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Electron Physician. 2017 Apr 25;9(4):4108-4113. doi: 10.19082/4108. eCollection 2017 Apr.
Social participation is considered as a means of improving one's quality of life, thus the study aimed at assessing the association between the quality of life and social participation in the elderly.
This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2016. The study population was selected from among the residents of a retirement home (an elderly residential home) in one of the Northwestern provinces of Iran, and the required data was collected via three questionnaires related to the demographic data, the specific quality of life for the elderly (LEIPAD), and the extent of social participation. Data was analyzed using mean, standard deviation, Spearman correlation coefficient, Mann-Whitney, Chi-square and Kruskal-Wallis test in SPSS software.
The social participation level of the population under study was estimated as being appropriate (mean score: 3.81±0.32); whereas, the respondents' quality of life was estimated as being relatively inappropriate (mean score: 2.78±0.41). The "art, sport and leisure activities" subscale showed a significant relationship with the subscales related to the total quality of life and those of "Physical Performance" (r=0.128, p=0.46), "depression and anxiety"(r=0.114, p=0.051), "sexual performance"(r=0.213, p=0.21), and "life satisfaction"(r=0.272, p=0.11); furthermore, there was a significant relationship between total social participation and "life satisfaction" and the subscales related to "depression and anxiety"(r=0.263, p=0.12).
It seems that activities that involve the art, sport and leisure subscale of social participation can result in quality of life improvement for the elderly.
社会参与被视为改善生活质量的一种方式，因此本研究旨在评估老年人生活质量与社会参与之间的关联。
本横断面研究于2016年进行。研究人群选自伊朗西北部某省一家养老院（老年居住机构）的居民，并通过三份问卷收集所需数据，分别涉及人口统计学数据、老年人特定生活质量（LEIPAD）以及社会参与程度。使用SPSS软件中的均值、标准差、Spearman相关系数、Mann-Whitney检验、卡方检验和Kruskal-Wallis检验对数据进行分析。
研究人群的社会参与水平估计为适宜（平均得分：3.81±0.32）；而受访者的生活质量估计为相对不适宜（平均得分：2.78±0.41）。“艺术、体育和休闲活动”子量表与生活质量总分及“身体机能”（r = 0.128，p = 0.46）、“抑郁和焦虑”（r = 0.114，p = 0.051）、“性功能”（r = 0.213，p = 0.21）和“生活满意度”（r = 0.272，p = 0.11）相关的子量表之间存在显著关系；此外，社会参与总分与“生活满意度”以及与“抑郁和焦虑”相关的子量表之间存在显著关系（r = 0.263，p = 0.12）。
似乎涉及社会参与中艺术、体育和休闲子量表的活动可以改善老年人的生活质量。
