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Korean Society for Rural Medicine and Community Health (한국농촌의학지역보건학회)
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The Relations between Participation in Voluntary Service Activity and Health-Related Quality of life among the Elderly

노인의 자원봉사활동 참여와 건강관련 삶의 질과의 관련성

  • Jung, Mi Hwa (Truelove Cultural Education Progress Association) ;
  • Park, Jong (Department of Preventive Medicine, Chosun University Medical School) ;
  • Ryu, So Yeon (Department of Preventive Medicine, Chosun University Medical School)
  • 정미화 ((사)참사랑문화교육진흥협회) ;
  • 박종 (조선대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실) ;
  • 류소연 (조선대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실)
  • Received : 2017.08.26
  • Accepted : 2018.01.19
  • Published : 2018.03.31
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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.

노인의 자원봉사활동의 참여와 건강관련 삶의 질의 관계를 규명하기 위하여 65세 이상 남녀노인 318명을 대상으로 2012년 5월 1일부터 6월 30일까지 질문지를 이용하여 자료를 수집하였고, 다중선형회귀분석을 실시하였다. 노인 중 자원봉사활동에 참여하고 있는 경우는 48.1%였으며, 자원봉사활동에 참여하고 있는 노인이 참여하지 않은 노인에 비해 건강관련 삶의 질이 통계적으로 유의하게 높았다. 본 연구결과, 자원봉사활동 참여가 노인의 건강관련 삶의 질에 긍정적 영향을 줄 수 있음을 확인할 수 있었고, 향후 노인의 자원봉사활동 참여를 확대시킬 수 있는 방안과 이에 대한 효과검증을 위한 연구수행이 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

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