泰国半城市地区老年人通过听音乐获得的生活质量

Quality Of Life Through Listening Music Among Elderly People In Semi-Urban Area, Thailand.

作者信息

Wattanasoei Supang, Binson Bussakorn, Kumar Ramesh, Somrongthong Ratana, Kanchanakhan Naowarat

机构信息

College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

Centre of Excellence for Thai Music and Culture, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

出版信息

J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 2017 Jan-Mar;29(1):21-25.

PMID:28712166

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Aging is one of the biggest problems in Southeast Asia due to their rapidly growing population of the older person. Old aging population is usually confined to their homes resulting in poor quality of life (QOL). Music has been found to be the great activity for older peoples with physical, emotional and social disorders hence, it affects on quality of their life. This study explored the music preference among elderly people and their quality of life in the semi-urban of Thailand.

METHODS

A cross-sectional study was conducted by interviewing 353 elderly individuals living in the semi-urban area of Thailand. A validated, reliable world health organization quality of life (WHOQOL-OLD) tool was adapted for this study. Logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the factors associated with QOL and its six domains with adjusted covariates, and the potential factors including chronic disease, community participation, traditional event participation, the experiences of music listening, and the types of music preference were entered in the model.

RESULTS

Findings revealed that more than half of respondents were married female with an average age of 68.92±6.99. Around (80.7%) suffered from chronic diseases and the hypertension was found the highest (66.32%). The quality of life among the elderly was found at the moderate level with the total QOL score of 83.41±SD=10.32. Respondents with chronic diseases have the total QOL score (OR=0.95, 95% CI 0.93-0.98). Respondents who preferred to listen to Look Krung (Thai popular classic music) type have the total QOL score (OR=1.03, 95% CI 1.01-1.05), Autonomy Facet(AUT) score (OR=1.11, 95% CI 1.02-1.21), and Intimacy facet(INT) score (OR=1.14, 95% CI 1.05-1.24) as compared to those who did not listen the music.

CONCLUSIONS

The study highlights the relationship between the QOL among aging people and the listening of music in the semi-urban area of Thailand.

摘要

背景

由于东南亚老年人口迅速增长，老龄化成为该地区最大的问题之一。老年人口通常居家不出，导致生活质量较差。研究发现，音乐对患有身体、情感和社交障碍的老年人来说是一项有益的活动，因此会影响他们的生活质量。本研究探讨了泰国半城市地区老年人的音乐偏好及其生活质量。

方法

通过对居住在泰国半城市地区的353名老年人进行访谈，开展了一项横断面研究。本研究采用了经过验证且可靠的世界卫生组织生活质量（WHOQOL-OLD）工具。进行逻辑回归分析，以确定与生活质量及其六个领域相关的因素，并对协变量进行调整，模型中纳入了包括慢性病、社区参与、传统活动参与、音乐聆听经历以及音乐偏好类型等潜在因素。

结果

研究结果显示，超过一半的受访者为已婚女性，平均年龄为68.92±6.99岁。约80.7%的受访者患有慢性病，其中高血压患病率最高（66.32%）。老年人的生活质量处于中等水平，生活质量总分为83.41±标准差=10.32。患有慢性病的受访者生活质量总分较低（比值比=0.95，95%置信区间0.93-0.98）。与不听音乐的受访者相比，喜欢听泰国民间流行经典音乐“Look Krung”的受访者生活质量总分（比值比=1.03，95%置信区间1.01-1.05）、自主维度（AUT）得分（比值比=1.11，95%置信区间1.02-1.21）和亲密关系维度（INT）得分（比值比=1.14，95%置信区间1.05-1.24）更高。