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Factors affecting the health‐related quality of life in community‐dwelling elderly people
Author(s) -
Kim Geun Myun,
Hong Myung Sun,
Noh Wonjung
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/phn.12530
Subject(s) - quality of life (healthcare) , gerontology , intervention (counseling) , environmental health , multilevel model , medicine , community health , activities of daily living , public health , psychology , nursing , physical therapy , machine learning , computer science
Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate the determinants of the health‐related quality of life of elderly people in Korea by applying the Andersen model. Design and Sample This study was a descriptive survey. Participants were 240 elderly people over 65 years of age living in a community. Measures A hierarchical multiple regression was performed to analyze the factors related to the health‐related quality of life, including predisposing, enabling, and need factors, and health behaviors. Results Need factors, that is, self‐reported health status, were the most significant in influencing the health‐related quality of life of the elderly people; predisposing factors were age and education level, and enabling factors were income and activities of daily living. Conclusion The findings of this study can be used to develop a community‐based intervention program and to establish a policy for improving the quality of life of elderly people.