Investigation of factors affecting the quality of life of healthy elderly people

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  • 健常高齢者のQOLに影響を及ぼす要因の検討

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We examined 124 community-dwelling residents aged 65 years or older with the aim of clarifying the quality of life (QOL) status of healthy elderly to assess the factors that affect their QOL.The subjects included 44 males and 80 females aged 70.80±5.32 years.The most common disease was hypertension and the most common physical complaint was low back pain; however, they were elderly people with high instrumental activities of daily living(IADL).The results of path analysis showed that factors directly affecting the QOL of healthy elderly were depression and conflict.Conflict was mutually affected by falls,and falls were mutually affected by IADL.Depression was affected by IADL and self-efficacy,and self-efficacy was affected by social interactions and falls.The findings demonstrated that depression,conflict,self-efficacy,falls,IADL,and social interactions are all important factors affecting QOL.This suggests that for the healthy elderly to maintain their QOL and achieve a healthy life span,relations that raise self-efficacy and moderate depression and conflict,together with fall prevention and interpersonal exchanges,are important.

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