Activity and health-related quality of life in continuing care retirement communities
Activity and health-related quality of life in continuing care retirement communities
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DOI：
10.1177/0164027503024001008
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发表时间：
2002-01-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Horgas, AL
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作者：
Jenkins, KR;Pienta, AM;Horgas, AL
本研究探讨两个持续照护退休社区（CCRCs）居民健康相关生活品质与活动参与之间的关系。先前的研究表明，在其他社区居住的老年人中，参与活动是健康老龄化的重要相关因素，这一发现有望在ccrc中成立。花费在自由活动上的时间，特别是主动的、被动的和退休社区以外的活动，预计在多个维度上与更好的健康相关的生活质量有关。数据收集自167名独立生活和辅助生活的居民，他们来自中西部一个大城市的两个社区中心。活动参与度是通过自我报告问卷来衡量的。与健康相关的生活质量使用医疗结果研究短期健康调查（SF-36）进行测量，该调查产生8个健康亚量表（例如，身体功能、社会功能、疼痛）。基于普通最小二乘回归模型，结果表明，自由活动，特别是更活跃的活动类型，与较高的健康相关生活质量呈正相关。这些发现对cccs的健康和活动促进具有启示意义。
This study examines the relationships between health-related quality of life and activity engagement among residents in two continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). Prior research indicates that involvement in activity is an important correlate of healthy aging among other community-dwelling elders, and this finding is expected to hold in CCRCs. Time spent engaged in discretionary activities, specifically active, passive, and outside retirement community activities are expected to be associated with better health-related quality of life across multiple dimensions. Data were collected from 167 independent living and assisted living residents in two CCRCs in a large Midwestern metropolitan area. Activity engagement was measured via a self-report questionnaire. Health-related quality of life was measured using the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), which generates eight health subscales (e.g., physical functioning, social functioning, pain). Based on ordinary least squares regression models, the results indicate that discretionary activities, in particular more active types of activity, are positively associated with higher health-related quality of life. These findings have implications for health and activity promotion in CCRCs.