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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2014.15.12.7224

Health-related Quality of Life and Its Related Factors in Urban Elderly Women  

Na, Yoon Joo (Department of Nursing, Taegu Science University)
Choi, Yeon Hee (Department of Nursing, Kyungpook National University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.15, no.12, 2014 , pp. 7224-7230 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study attempted to identify the health-related quality of life and its related factors in urban elderly women. This study used the data of the 2011 Community Health Survey. The subjects of this study were 704 elderly women. Based on the literature review, this study examined variables with health-related quality of life and construct integrated conceptual framework of the study. For data analysis, SPSS 18.0 and LISREL 8.8. were used to calculate the percentage, mean, standard deviation, Spearman correlation, and path analysis parameter. The total mean EQ-5D index score was $0.81({\pm}0.20)$ and the major problems were pain/discomfort (62.5%) and mobility (53.9%) and normal activity (38.9%). The model showed a goodness of fit to the empirical data. Age, income, health promotion behavior, social support, physical health and mental health had significant direct effects on EQ-5D and age, income, health promotion behavior and social support had indirect effects on EQ-5D. These variables explained 28% of the variance of EQ-5D. To improve the quality of life in urban elderly women, it is essential to have a comprehensive program for elderly women.
Keywords
Health-related Quality of life; Social support; Health promotion; Urban women; Elderly;
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