Bae Sung-Man, Kim Jae-Hyun
Department of Psychology and Psychotherapy, Dankook University, Cheonan, South Korea.
Department of Health Administration, Dankook University, Cheonan, South Korea.
Jpn J Nurs Sci. 2021 Apr;18(2):e12390. doi: 10.1111/jjns.12390. Epub 2020 Oct 27.
The aim of this study was to verify the long-term effect between social activity, cognitive function and life satisfaction in Korean older adults after adjusting for gender, age, and education. In addition, we test the mediating impact of cognitive function on the relationship between social activity and life satisfaction.
This study used the data from Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging survey, which was conducted biennially from 2006 to 2016. Data of 4,164 adults aged 65 years and older (mean age = 73.0 years) were analyzed with multivariate latent growth modeling.
Results indicate that increases in social activity were related to increases in cognitive function and life satisfaction. Increases in cognitive function were associated with increases in life satisfaction. Finally, social activity indirectly impacted life satisfaction through cognitive function.
Results suggest that efforts to maintain social activity and cognitive function are needed to improve life satisfaction in older adults.
本研究旨在在校正性别、年龄和教育程度后，验证韩国老年人社交活动、认知功能和生活满意度之间的长期影响。此外，我们还检验了认知功能在社交活动与生活满意度关系中的中介作用。
本研究使用了韩国老年纵向研究调查的数据，该调查于2006年至2016年每两年进行一次。对4164名65岁及以上成年人（平均年龄 = 73.0岁）的数据进行了多变量潜在增长模型分析。
结果表明，社交活动的增加与认知功能和生活满意度的提高有关。认知功能的提高与生活满意度的提高相关。最后，社交活动通过认知功能间接影响生活满意度。
结果表明，需要努力维持社交活动和认知功能，以提高老年人的生活满意度。
