規律運動對臺灣高齡喪偶婦女適應歷程效益之初探

The Preliminary Investigation of Benefits of Participating Regular Exercise on Adjusting Process for Spouse-Loss Older Women

隨著全球性人口高齡化、醫療水準提升與預期年齡的延長，對於高齡者的生活品質與健康照護照顧逐漸受到重視。根據國內相關研究指出因男大女小的婚姻模式與女性預期年齡較長，高齡者喪偶婦女人口在國內逐漸增多，其健康議題也越來越受重視，其中喪偶悲痛的適應歷程亦成為該族群的健康促進重點。本文首先探討高齡喪偶婦女因喪偶所造成的健康問題，接者討論其面對喪偶的適應歷程與其可能產生的心理、生理及社會價值認知問題；隨之闡述規律運動對適應歷程之效益與在適應歷程過程中推動養成規律運動之可行性策略。本文認為規律運動對喪偶適應歷程應有相當多元的效益，也期勉未來運動專業能規劃出適合高齡者喪偶婦女之規律運動介入方案，以協助其走出其喪偶悲慟狀態，以達促進其全人健康與提高其生活品質。

With the coming of global aging and aged societies, enhancing of medical services, and prolonging of life expectation, quality of life and health care for older adults has been significant issues. According to ”male older female younger” trend in marriage model and longer life expectation in Taiwan, the number of spouse-loss older women is dramatically increasing recently and their health issues have been noticed, especially their spouse-loss adjusting process. The purpose of the study was to review the adjusting process of spouse-loss and how it impacts on those older women, and then, the benefits and promoting strategies of participating regular exercise in helping spouse-loss adjusting process were discussed. The study concludes that participating regular exercise are beneficial for adjusting process and calls for developing appropriate interventions or programs for promoting their participation in regular exercise to adjust their spouse-loss and to enhance wellness, and quality of life.