Akaida Shoma, Shiratsuchi Daijo, Tateishi Mana, Kuratsu Ryota, Makizako Hyuma
Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan.
Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan.
Br J Occup Ther. 2024 Sep;87(9):556-563. doi: 10.1177/03080226241253110. Epub 2024 May 22.
Meaningful activities have been suggested to contribute to life satisfaction. Investigating the association between the awareness of meaningful activities and life satisfaction will help us develop a population-based occupational therapy strategy. The purpose of this study was to investigate the proportion of people who were aware of meaningful activities among middle-aged adults, and the relationship between the awareness of meaningful activities and life satisfaction.
A cross-sectional analysis was conducted on 2698 middle-aged adults who participated in an online survey conducted in Japan by the Y-Cloud system. Participants responded to demographic questions, life satisfaction, and awareness of meaningful activities. We examined the association between the awareness of meaningful activities and life satisfaction using binomial logistic regression analysis.
Of the respondents, 77.4% were aware of meaningful activities. Binomial logistic regression analysis adjusted for covariates showed that the awareness of meaningful activities was significantly associated with higher life satisfaction (odds ratio, 2.97; 95% confidence interval: 2.45-3.61, < 0.001).
The results suggest the value of presenting that the awareness of meaningful activities should be considered in preventive population-based occupational therapy strategies for life satisfaction.
有意义的活动被认为有助于提高生活满意度。研究有意义活动的认知与生活满意度之间的关联，将有助于我们制定基于人群的职业治疗策略。本研究的目的是调查中年成年人中意识到有意义活动的人群比例，以及有意义活动的认知与生活满意度之间的关系。
对2698名参与由Y-Cloud系统在日本进行的在线调查的中年成年人进行横断面分析。参与者回答了人口统计学问题、生活满意度以及对有意义活动的认知。我们使用二项逻辑回归分析来研究有意义活动的认知与生活满意度之间的关联。
在受访者中，77.4%的人意识到有意义的活动。经协变量调整的二项逻辑回归分析表明，有意义活动的认知与更高的生活满意度显著相关（优势比，2.97；95%置信区间：2.45 - 3.61，P < 0.001）。
结果表明，在基于人群的预防性职业治疗策略中，为提高生活满意度而考虑有意义活动的认知具有重要价值。
