노인의 생활만족도 결정요인

• Published in: Kosin Medical Journal (Online) pp. 21 - 33
• Main Authors: 김훈경, 이용환, 유병철
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 고신대학교 의과대학 학술지 01.02.2007
• Subjects: 의학일반
• ISSN: 2005-9531; 2586-7024

Background : Recently the issue of the elderly has been taken up as a social problem. The cause is due to the rising number of the elderly, the trend of nuclear families and all results of industrial development. These conditions have become a main concern in society and an important problem for the government to solve. So, we should know life satisfaction factors of the elderly to solve this problem with efficiency. The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors influencing life satisfaction of the elderly and provide as basic data for solving the problem of the elderly. Methods : The subjects were 314 elderly person populations who were over 60 years old, living in Busan, Korea, including 200 elderly persons who participate in National Health Insurance Corporation's elderly person exercise program and 114 elderly persons who were randomly selected at local elderly person centers, welfare centers and health centers. The survey was implemented from July 2005 to June 2006 and slightly modified the Life Satisfaction Index (LSI) of Havighurst to measure their life satisfaction. Data analysis was performed with frequency, t-test, onw-way ANOVA test and multiple regression analysis using SPSS program(ver 12.0). Results : Those who participated in exercise programs were more satisfied with life than others who did not(p=0.000). Men were more satisfied than women(p=0.012)，those who had jobs and lived in their own houses were more satisfied(p=0.016, 0.037). And those with higher education were more satisfied(p=0.001). Bur life satisfaction was、not statistically significantly correlated to the presence of spouse, age, source of allowance, and coresidence with family. In conclusion life satisfaction of the elderly was highly influenced by exercising, family support, occupation, relationship with in-laws and education. Conclusion : The above findings indicate that exercising and family support greatly influence life satisfaction of the elderly. Various factors influence life satisfaction of the elderly but many of them can choose to engage in exercising which is very influential. But other social and personal background factors which influence life satisfaction of the elderly can not easily change. Therefore, it is important for the society to develop various exercise programs for life satisfaction of the elderly. KCI Citation Count: 4