A Study on the Quality of Life for the Elderly

Abstract

This study was attempted to compare factors that affect quality of life, depending on how we perceive subjective health conditions in older adults living alone. This study surveyed 1,074 elderly people aged 65 or older living alone among the 7th National Health and Nutrition Survey conducted from 2016 to 2018. The perceptions of subjective health conditions were categorized into three categories: 'good', 'normal', and 'bad'. Their general characteristics, physical and psychological factors were analyzed. Data analysis was conducted after generating and analyzing a weighted composite sample plan file using SPSS22. The significance level was 0.05. Based on this, it is necessary to develop arbitration that can improve the quality of life according to the subjective health conditions recognized by the elderly living alone.