지역사회거주 노인에서 낙상유경험자와 무경험자간의 삶의 질 비교Health-related Quality of Life of Fallers vs. Non-fallers in Community-dwelling Elderly People
- Other Titles
- Health-related Quality of Life of Fallers vs. Non-fallers in Community-dwelling Elderly People
- Authors
- 추진아; 김은경
- Issue Date
- 2012
- Publisher
- 대한근관절건강학회
- Keywords
- Accidental fall; Quality of life; Frail elderly; Community health nursing; 낙상; 삶의 질; 노인; 지역사회간호
- Citation
- 근관절건강학회지, v.19, no.3, pp.373 - 382
- Indexed
- KCI
- Journal Title
- 근관절건강학회지
- Volume
- 19
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 373
- End Page
- 382
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/110076
- DOI
- 10.5953/JMJH.2012.19.3.373
- ISSN
- 1975-9398
- Abstract
- Purpose: The purpose of the study was to compare levels of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) between fallers and non-fallers among community-dwelling elderly people. Methods: A cross-sectional comparative study was conducted with the secondary analysis of 2,067 elderly people registered in S-Gu Visiting Health Care Program in Seoul, South Korea. Participants were 206 fallers and 206 non-fallers who were age- and sex-matched with fallers. HRQOL was measured by SF-8 including physical component summary (physical HRQOL) and mental component summary (mental HRQOL). Results: There were more people in the faller group having more than or equal to three chronic diseases (p<.001), living in multiplex houses (p=.004), and being dependent by the activities of daily living (ADL) (p=.001) and instrumental ADL (IADL) levels (p<.001) than those in the non-faller group. Fallers had higher levels of depression than non-fallers (p<.001). Moreover, fallers had significantly lower levels of both physical HRQOL (p<.001) and mental HRQOL (p=.001), after adjusting for number of chronic diseases, ADL, IADL, depression, healthcare insurance, and living environment. Conclusion: Among the community-dwelling elderly people, falllers had lower levels of HRQOL than non-fallers, and such a difference remained even after the adjustment for covariates. Factors that underlie the different susceptibility to HRQOL need to be explored.
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