The Relations between Participation in Voluntary Service Activity and Health-Related Quality of life among the Elderly.
10.5393/JAMCH.2018.43.1.001
- Author:
Mi Hwa JUNG
1
;
Jong PARK
;
So Yeon RYU
Author Information
1. Truelove Cultural Education Progress Association, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Health-related quality of life;
Elderly;
Voluntary service activity
- MeSH:
Aged*;
Humans;
Linear Models;
Quality of Life*
- From:Journal of Agricultural Medicine & Community Health
2018;43(1):1-8
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
