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http://dx.doi.org/10.5393/JAMCH.2018.43.1.001

The Relations between Participation in Voluntary Service Activity and Health-Related Quality of life among the Elderly  

Jung, Mi Hwa (Truelove Cultural Education Progress Association)
Park, Jong (Department of Preventive Medicine, Chosun University Medical School)
Ryu, So Yeon (Department of Preventive Medicine, Chosun University Medical School)
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Journal of agricultural medicine and community health / v.43, no.1, 2018 , pp. 1-8 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
Health-related quality of life; Elderly; Voluntary service activity;
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