老年人社會參與、社會支持及生活品質之關係研究

A Study on the Interrelationship of Social Participation, Social Support and Quality of life of the Elderly

隨著社會高齡化成為全球趨勢，老年人之相關議題亦備受關注，人口結構因素之改變，對於老年人而言，生命的延長不再是大眾所關注的唯一焦點，如何走出家庭，再次與社會接軌，發揮自我長才，以樂觀態度面對老化，並提高自身的生活品質已成為目前全球的新課題。為瞭解此現象變遷，故本研究旨在探討老年人社會參與、社會支持及生活品質之現況、不同背景變項之間的差異程度，並加以瞭解之間的關係。本研究之研究方法採取便利抽樣，以紙本問卷發放。有效樣本共計339份，以T檢定、單因子變異數分析、雪費事後分析、皮爾森績差相關分析等進行資料分析與驗證。根據資料分析結果，本研究歸納之結論如下：一、不同年齡、婚姻、健康狀況及宗教信仰在社會參與上有顯著差異。二、不同婚姻狀況、居住狀況在社會支持上有顯著差異。三、不同婚姻狀況、居住狀況、健康狀況在社會支持上有顯著差異。四、老年人的社會參與、社會支持及生活品質有顯著正相關。

As the aging of the society has become a global trend, issues related to the elderly are receiving much attention. Among the changes in demographic factors for the elderly, extension of life is no longer the only focus of public attention. It is now a new global trend to help the elderly to get out of the family again, meet the needs of the society, develop self-sufficiency for themselves, face aging with optimism, and improve the quality of their lives. In order to understand the trend and the changes it has brought, this study explores the interrelationship of the social participation, social support and quality of life of the elderly. This study aims to understand the interrelationship by investigating the differences between different background variables and by implementing the method of convenience sampling, facilitated by both paper questionnaires and online questionnaires. After effective questionnaire were collected, data analysis and verification were carried out by T-test, single factor analysis, Scheffe's method, and Pearson correlation coefficient. According to the results of data analysis, the conclusions of this study are as follows: 1. age, marriage, health status and religious belief can cause significant differences to the social participation of the elderly| 2. marital status and living condition can cause significant differences to the social support of the elderly| 3. marital status, living condition, and health status can have significant differences in the social support of the elderly| 4. there is a significant positive correlation among the social participation, social support, and quality of life of the elderly.