Kwak Yeunhee, Kim Yoonjung
Red Cross College of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Iran J Public Health. 2017 Aug;46(8):1028-1037.
This study aimed to identify the association between health-related quality of life and mental health by elderly Koreans' occupational status.
This descriptive cross-sectional study consisted of a secondary analysis of data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey V-3 (2012). The sample comprised 1431 people aged 65 yr and older.
Compared to participants employed, those not showed lower HRQOL. Occupational status significantly affected all of the EuroQoL-5 Dimensions (EQ-5D): mobility, self-care, usual activity, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression. Unemployed participants had more suicidal ideation. Among employed elderly persons, significant differences were found between manual and non-manual workers in the EQ-5D index and EQ-5D for mobility and pain/discomfort. Manual workers experienced more depression and suicidal ideation than did non-manual workers.
The occupational status of elderly individuals accounts for differences in their quality of life and mental health status. Therefore, additional jobs should be created for the elderly in order to improve their quality of life and mental health.
本研究旨在通过韩国老年人的职业状况确定健康相关生活质量与心理健康之间的关联。
这项描述性横断面研究包括对韩国国家健康与营养检查调查V-3(2012年)的数据进行二次分析。样本包括1431名65岁及以上的人。
与就业参与者相比,未就业者的健康相关生活质量较低。职业状况对欧洲五维健康量表(EQ-5D)的所有维度均有显著影响:活动能力、自我护理、日常活动、疼痛/不适以及焦虑/抑郁。失业参与者有更多自杀意念。在就业老年人中,体力劳动者和非体力劳动者在EQ-5D指数以及活动能力和疼痛/不适的EQ-5D方面存在显著差异。体力劳动者比非体力劳动者经历更多的抑郁和自杀意念。
老年人的职业状况导致其生活质量和心理健康状况存在差异。因此,应为老年人创造更多工作机会以改善他们的生活质量和心理健康。