College of Nursing, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea.
Department of Nursing, Gwangju University, Jinwol-dong, Gwangju-si 61743, Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jul 23;18(15):7804. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18157804.
This study aimed to describe the health-related quality of life of elderly women with experience in fall treatment as well as to prepare basic data for the development of interventions to improve the quality of life for this group. The study was based on raw data from the 2019 Korea Community Health Survey. Using the SPSS program, the characteristics of the subjects were tested by frequency, percentage, and chi-square test. To establish the impact of fall experience on the health-related quality of life of elderly women, the OR and 95% CI were calculated using multiple logistic regression analysis. Of the 4260 people surveyed, 44.7% of the elderly women said they had a high quality of life, whereas 55.3% of the elderly women said they had a low quality of life. A younger age was associated with a better-rated health-related quality of life. Those who lived in a city and had a high level of education tended to describe a high quality of life. The quality of life was considered high by those who exercised, but low by those who were obese or diabetic. The results of this study can lead to a better understanding of the experiences of elderly women who have experienced falls, and they can be used as basic data for the development of related health programs.
本研究旨在描述有跌倒治疗经验的老年女性的健康相关生活质量，并为改善该群体生活质量的干预措施的制定提供基础数据。该研究基于 2019 年韩国社区健康调查的原始数据。使用 SPSS 程序，通过频率、百分比和卡方检验测试了受试者的特征。为了确定跌倒经历对老年女性健康相关生活质量的影响，使用多因素逻辑回归分析计算了 OR 和 95%CI。在接受调查的 4260 人中，44.7%的老年女性表示生活质量较高，而 55.3%的老年女性表示生活质量较低。较年轻的年龄与较好的健康相关生活质量评分相关。那些居住在城市且受教育程度较高的人往往会描述较高的生活质量。那些锻炼的人的生活质量被认为较高，但肥胖或糖尿病患者的生活质量较低。本研究的结果可以帮助更好地了解有跌倒经历的老年女性的体验，并为相关健康计划的制定提供基础数据。
