Factors Influencing the Quality of Life in Low- Income Elders Living at Home: A Literature Review

Cho, Chung Min

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“…Among chronic diseases affecting the elderly, arthritis showed the second highest prevalence (33.4%) after hypertension (56.7%), as it is a representative musculoskeletal disease along with backache and sciatic neuralgia (21.1%) and osteoporosis (14%) [32]. In particular, a decrease in mobility due to arthritis may affect the daily life of the elderly persons and impairments to activities of daily living is related to decreased QOL in them [33,34]. In addition, muscles become weakened due to decreased daily life function and mobility [35], which in turn exacerbates the decrease in daily life function.…”

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Factors Influencing the Quality of Life of Korean Elderly Women by Economic Status

Kwon

Kim

2020

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Purpose: This study aimed to determine whether there are differences in the factors affecting the quality of life (QOL) of elderly women in South Korea according to their perceived economic status. Methods: Data were extracted from the Seventh Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted in 2016. The participants were 879 women over the age of 65 years, who were divided into three groups: high, medium, and low based on their perceived economic status. The study variables were classified into three categories: general characteristics, physical factors, and psychological factors. General characteristics included age, education level, employment, activity restriction, frequency of breakfast/week, frequency of lunch/week, and frequency of dinner/week. Physical factors included disease status, weight change, consumption of alcohol, number of days of walking per week, duration of walking at a time, body mass index (BMI), and discomfort due to changes in hearing. Psychological factors included stress, subjective body awareness, subjective health status, depressive symptoms, and QOL. Complex sample crosstabs and chi-square tests were conducted, and regression was performed to examine the association between the variables by economic status. Results: The factors that influenced the QOL of elderly women with low economic status were arthritis, alcohol consumption, subjective health status, and depressive symptoms, with an explanatory power of 54.3% (F = 14.94, p < 0.001). The factors that influenced the QOL of the medium economic status group were activity restriction, frequency of dinner/week, arthritis, number of days of walking per week, BMI, stress, subjective health status, and depressive symptoms, with an explanatory power of 48.6% (F = 9.82, p < 0.001). For the high economic status group, influential factors were age, restricted activity, arthritis, number of days of walking per week, stress, and depressive symptoms with an explanatory power of 49.0% (F = 69.76, p < 0.001). Conclusions: This study identified different factors that contributed to the QOL of elderly women by economic status.

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Factors Influencing the Quality of Life of Korean Elderly Women by Economic Status

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Kim

2020

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“…Diener [ 56 ] mentioned that there is a positive relationship between income and subjective well-being, quality of life, and happiness. As such, when the income of the elderly is high, their quality of life and level of happiness are high as well [ 4 , 57 ]. People with low incomes are more likely to experience stress and frustration due to dissatisfaction with social comparison [ 58 ].…”

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“…It has also been reported that the older the elderly who participate in active leisure activities, the higher the gains in the quality of life [ 69 , 70 ]. Regular leisure activities play an important role in improving the health-related quality of life of the elderly [ 35 ] and contribute very positively to improving the quality of life through the formation of social relationships and an active life [ 57 ]. According to the Activity Theory, people seek to find new roles that can replace the roles they have lost in old age, and active social activities or leisure activities improve the life satisfaction of the elderly [ 71 , 72 ].…”

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Analysis of Major Factors Affecting the Quality of Life of the Elderly in Korea in Preparation for a Super-Aged Society

Kim

Hwang

2022

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In preparation for the expected super-aged society in 2025, this study attempted to prepare basic data that can help design development measures for the welfare of the elderly so that everyone can prepare for a healthy and happy retirement. Accordingly, the major factors affecting the quality of life of the elderly in Korea were verified. To this end, the questionnaire consisted of 22 questions in total, and a mobile survey was conducted between September and October 2021; in total, 250 copies were used for the final analysis, and the following conclusions are derived. The major factors that were found to determine the quality of life of the elderly were age, subjective health status, monthly household income, leisure activities, and health inequality fairness. It was found that the higher the age, the lower the quality of life. Further, the higher the subjective health status, monthly household income, participation in leisure activities, and perceptions of health inequality as fair, the more the quality of life of the elderly was affected. Therefore, policy support such as leisure activity, health programs, and medical welfare services for the elderly and sufficient attention from our society are all required.

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“…보건진료소를 이용하는 고혈압환자의 삶의 질에 영 향을 미치는 변수들을 확인하기 위해 선행연구 (Cho, 2013;Kang & Park, 2013;Lee et al, 2015;Lee & Yang, 2010;Park, 2013 …”

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Health related Lifestyles, Self-efficacy and Health related Quality of Life by the Types of Hypertension Management in Community Health Posts

Kwon¹,

Yang²,

Jang³

2015

Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing

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Factors Influencing the Quality of Life in Low- Income Elders Living at Home: A Literature Review

Cited by 15 publications

References 5 publications

Factors Influencing the Quality of Life of Korean Elderly Women by Economic Status

Factors Influencing the Quality of Life of Korean Elderly Women by Economic Status

Analysis of Major Factors Affecting the Quality of Life of the Elderly in Korea in Preparation for a Super-Aged Society

Health related Lifestyles, Self-efficacy and Health related Quality of Life by the Types of Hypertension Management in Community Health Posts

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