Health-Related quality of life in Community-Dwelling elderly Yeun Eun Ja1, Jeon Misoon2,* 1Professor, Dept. of Nursing, Konkuk University, Chungju, Chungbuk 2Professor, Dept. of Nursing, Baekseok University, Cheonan, Chungnam, Republic of Korea *Corresponding Author: Misoon Jeon Professor, Dept. of Nursing, Baekseok University, Korea, Email: jms@bu.ac.kr
Online published on 16 October, 2018. Abstract This study was conducted to analyze the health-related quality of life(QoL) of community-dwelling elderly individuals in Korea by measuring their mood status and disease morbidity status. Subjects included the elderly using a program conducted by 2 places of the elderly welfare centers in Chungbuk. The data was collected from 178 the elderly by structural questionnaire between March and April, 2016. Data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0. The result showed that there was significant difference of the mood status and QoL according to disease status. And there were positive correlation between vigor of the mood status and physical function (r=.154, p<.05), bodily pain (r=.209, p<.01), general health (r=.401, p<.001), vitality (r=.512, p<.001), and mental health (r=.412, p<.001) among the QoL (r=.320, p<.05). On the other hand, the correlation between tension, depression, anger, fatigue, and confusion among the mood status and the QoL was strong negative. Therefore, programs and comprehensive nursing interventions that enhance mood status should be implemented and promoted to increase the quality of life of the elderly. Top Keywords Mood status, Quality of life, Disease morbidity status, Elderly, Health. Top |