Bustamante U Miguel A, Plaza Exequiel, Garcia U Viviana
Faculty of Business and Economics, Interuniversity Center for Healthy Aging, Universidad de Talca. C. P, 3465548 Talca, Chile.
Faculty of Health Sciences. Universidad de Talca, C. P, 3465548, Talca, Chile.
Heliyon. 2024 Mar 15;10(6):e28230. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28230. eCollection 2024 Mar 30.
This study examined the effect of the human-functioning dimension on happiness among community-dwelling older adults (OAs) in Chile. Questionnaires were used for data collection from a sample of 785 OAs of both sexes attending healthcare institutions. Exploratory factor analysis was performed using parallel analysis and oblique rotation. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were conducted using the maximum likelihood and unweighted least squares methods. Goodness-of-fit analyses were performed by considering absolute and respective incremental fit indices. The relationships between the functioning and happiness factors were all significant at the 1% level, indicating that functioning impacts happiness. The ratios of the variances between both constructs were identical to those of the covariances, indicating consistency between the models, with similarities and equalities in the estimation of their parameters. The modeling confirms a direct relationship between activities of daily living functioning and happiness. Given that a lack of functioning significantly affects OAs' happiness and quality of life, this relationship is consistent with the available theory. These findings may contribute to the formulation of social and health policies regarding OAs in Chile and other Latin American countries.
本研究考察了智利社区居住的老年人（OA）中人类功能维度对幸福感的影响。通过问卷调查收集了785名到医疗机构就诊的老年男女样本的数据。使用平行分析和斜交旋转进行探索性因素分析。采用最大似然法和非加权最小二乘法进行验证性因素分析和结构方程建模。通过考虑绝对拟合指数和各自的增量拟合指数进行拟合优度分析。功能因素与幸福因素之间的关系在1%的水平上均具有显著性，表明功能对幸福有影响。两个结构之间的方差比与协方差比相同，表明模型之间具有一致性，其参数估计具有相似性和相等性。该模型证实了日常生活功能活动与幸福之间存在直接关系。鉴于功能缺失会显著影响老年人的幸福感和生活质量，这种关系与现有理论一致。这些研究结果可能有助于智利和其他拉丁美洲国家制定有关老年人的社会和卫生政策。
