Factors Influencing Quality of Life Elderly Who Live Alone, Depending on Gender

This study was conducted to investigate the factors affecting the quality of life of elderly who live alone according to gender. The participants in this study were 959 elderly living alone from a total of 22,948 individuals studied in the 2013–2015 Korean national health and nutrition examination s...

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Published in:디지털융복합연구, 17(1) 2019, 17(1), , pp.365-373
Main Author: 권명진
Format: Article
Language:English
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과학기술학
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Summary:This study was conducted to investigate the factors affecting the quality of life of elderly who live alone according to gender. The participants in this study were 959 elderly living alone from a total of 22,948 individuals studied in the 2013–2015 Korean national health and nutrition examination survey. IBM SPSS 23.0 was used to analyze the data. There were significant differences between the two groups in age, level of education, and amount of calorie intake. Economic status, presence of arthritis, presence of restrict activity, subjective health status had an influence on quality of life in men with an explanatory power of 50.5% (p < .001). Presence of back pain, subjective health status, suicidal ideation had an influence on quality of life in women with an explanatory power of 41.4% (p < .001). Therefore, in order to improve the quality of life of elderly living alone, it is necessary to provide appropriate intervention depending on gender. KCI Citation Count: 0
ISSN:2713-6434
2713-6442
DOI:10.14400/JDC.2019.17.1.365