社區老人身體活動與生活品質相關之研究

Relationship between physical activity and quality of life for the community older adults

目的：在瞭解社區老人的身體活動與生活品質狀況，並進一步探討老人身體活動影響生活品質的程度與相關性。方法：本研究對象以大寮鄉健康營造中心推動的七個示範村落，隨機抽樣65歲以上，共187位社區老人，平均年齡為73.5歲。研究工具包括身體活動量表及健康相關生活品質量表，並以結構式問卷及訪談方式收集資料。資料統計方法包括描述性統計、以單因子變異數分析、皮爾森積差相關及薛費氏事後檢定等方法。結果：一、社區老人身體活動量平均屬於中下程度，男性身體活動量高於女性，並以從事戶外散步活動最頻繁。二、社區老人整體生活品質平均屬於中上程度。在四個範疇中，以社會關係範疇之生活品質最高，最低為生理健康範疇。三、社區老人的身體活動量與生活品質中的各範疇呈現正相關，且達顯著水準，且高活動量組其生活品質愈高，尤其對生理健康範疇影響程度最大。結論：社區老人生活品質與身體活動有正相關影響，希望相關單位建立完整的社區健康促進機制，落實動能態生活於社區居民中，以提升社區老人生活品質。

Purposes: This study was to understand the community older adults about their physical activities and the quality of life, furthermore to explore the relationships and degrees among these factors. Mathods: The Participants were from seven villages which were selected by the centre of health promotion to demonstrate healthy community in Da-liao Village. 187 elder people whose ages were above 65 years old and the average mean 73.5 years old. All participants were asked to fill out the demography data, and the structured questionnaires including Perceived Health Status Scale, Physical Activity Scale, and Life Quality Scale. In addition the approach of interview was also applied to collect research data. Data were analyzed by description statistics, one-way ANOVA and Pearson's corelation test and Scheffe's test. Results: 1.The average score of the physical activity for older adults was below average which male was higher than female by the questionnaire test. Moreover, the most popular activity was outdoor walking activities. 2. The average score of the quality of life was above average The social domain was the highest score and physiological health domain was lowest score. 3. There was hihgly correlation between the physical activity and the quality of life for the older adults, particularly in the physiological health domain Conclusion: The highly correlation between physical activity and quality of life for the older adults, this study provide useful information for design to appropriate physical activity program which can provide a life quality community for older adults.