The Relations between Participation in Voluntary Service Activity and Health-Related Quality of life among the Elderly / 農村醫學 地域保健
Journal of Agricultural Medicine & Community Health
;
: 1-8, 2018.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-719907
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
This study was performed to identify the relations between the old's participation in voluntary service activities and health-related quality of life.METHODS:
The subjects of the study were 318 elderly people aged over 65 years. They were interviewed with the use of a questionnaire from May 1 to June 30, 2012 to collect data. To verify the data collected, this study carried out a linear regression analysis.RESULTS:
The health-related quality of life of the elderly who were participating in voluntary service activities was statistically significantly higher than that of those who were not.CONCLUSIONS:
This study has meaning in that it discovered that the elderly people's participation in voluntary service activities had a positive effect on their health-related quality of life.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Quality of Life
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Linear Models
Limits:
Aged
/
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Agricultural Medicine & Community Health
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
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