The Relationship Between QOL and Lifestyle in the Middle-aged and Elderly

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  • Matsushita Toshiko
    Section of Liaison Psychiatry and Palliative Medicine, Graduate School of Tokyo Medical and Dental University
  • Matsushima Eisuke
    Section of Liaison Psychiatry and Palliative Medicine, Graduate School of Tokyo Medical and Dental University

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  • 中高年齢者のQOL(Quality of life)と生活習慣の関連
  • チュウコウネンレイシャ ノ QOL (Quality of life)ト セイカツ シュウカン ノ カンレン

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Abstract

The object of this study was to investigate the QOL (Quality of life) of the middleaged and elderly, and the relationship between their QOL and lifestyles. The subjects were 115 visitors (male : 27, female : 88) who came to public health centers to attend health lectures, and 43 elderly people (male : 14, female : 29) who belonged to a regional elderly club. The survey was done with self-administered questionnaires consisting of the SF36 (Medical Outcome Study 36-item Short Form Health Survey) and questions on demographic data and lifestyle. The survey was done with their informed consent during their visits to the public health centers or at the elderly club. Regarding the demographic factors, the results showed that some QOL subscales were significantly related to age and having a job. The main lifestyle factors that affected QOL were found to be smoking, drinking, exercise, regularity of meals, and undergoing medical treatment. In the age category, "physical functioning" of the people who were in their thirties and fifties was higher than those in their seventies, and eighties. "Vitality" of the people who were in their fifties, sixties, seventies, and eighties was higher than those in their thirties and forties. Moreover, "role emotional" of people with jobs was higher than that of people with no jobs. Next, in the lifestyle category, "social functioning", "vitality", "role emotional" and "mental health" of the people who smoked were lower than in non-smokers. "Vitality" and "role emotional" of people who drank daily were higher than in those who did not. Furthermore, QOL (in physical functioning, role physical, bodily pain, and general health perceptions) was lower in people undergoing medical treatment than in people not undergoing medical treatment. In summary, it was concluded that the middle-aged and elderly people who did not smoke and who drank daily had a better QOL than the other people.

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