School of Gerontology and Long-term Care, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan.
Graduate Institute of Sport, Leisure, and Hospitality Management, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2024 Feb;117:105220. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2023.105220. Epub 2023 Oct 5.
Engaging in lifelong physical activity has multiple health benefits for older populations. Household physical activity occupies older adults' awake time, and they can be an important energy expenditure during the day. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between older adults' household physical activity and subjective well-being in four East Asian societies.
The study design was a secondary data analysis. Data were retrieved from the module of Families 2016 in the database of the East Asian Social Survey. Participants were community-dwelling older adults with a mean age of 70.30±7.50 years and who lived in China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Data were collected by interviews via structured questionnaires between 2016 and 2018. Descriptive analyses, independent t-tests, and an analysis of covariance were performed for the statistical analyses.
In total, there were 3,432 valid responses. Participants who lived in Taiwan had significantly lower levels of total household physical activity than those living in other societies. Older adults' household physical activity was found to significantly differ by age, educational degree, gender, religion, marital status, occupation, and whether living alone. Older adults with high levels of household physical activity had significantly higher self-rated health and marital satisfaction than those with low levels.
Household physical activity has potential benefits for subjective well-being across international older adult populations. Increasing household physical activity is recommended for older married couples to maintain marital satisfaction.
参与终身身体活动对老年人群体有多种健康益处。家庭身体活动占据了老年人的清醒时间，并且它们可以成为白天重要的能量消耗。本研究的目的是调查四个东亚社会中老年人家庭身体活动与主观幸福感之间的关系。
研究设计为二次数据分析。数据取自东亚社会调查数据库中 2016 年家庭模块。参与者为社区居住的老年人，平均年龄为 70.30±7.50 岁，居住在中国、日本、韩国和中国台湾。数据通过 2016 年至 2018 年期间的结构化问卷访谈收集。进行了描述性分析、独立 t 检验和协方差分析。
共有 3432 份有效回复。居住在中国台湾的参与者的总家庭身体活动水平明显低于其他社会的参与者。老年人的家庭身体活动因年龄、教育程度、性别、宗教、婚姻状况、职业以及是否独居而显著不同。高水平家庭身体活动的老年人的自评健康和婚姻满意度明显高于低水平家庭身体活动的老年人。
家庭身体活动对国际老年人群体的主观幸福感有潜在益处。建议增加老年人的家庭身体活动，以维持其婚姻满意度。
