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KMID : 1035420220100040153
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Journal of The Korean Society of Integrative Medicine
2022 Volume.10 No. 4 p.153 ~ p.163
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Correlation between Uncertainty and Quality of Life of the Elderly People
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Kim Hyun-Seung
Cho Sung-Hyoun
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Abstract
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Purpose : The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences between uncertainty of chronic diseases and quality of life with regard to elderly people.
Methods : The participants of this study were 350 elderly people, aged over 65 years. The collected data were analyzed using the SPSS Window program and the general characteristics of the participants and sub-domains of quality of life were analyzed by several frequency analyses and descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis. Further, the differences between the sub-domains of uncertainty and sub-domains of quality of life were analyzed through independent t-test and one-way ANOVA. In order to reach conclusive results, post-test was analyzed by the Scheffe test. In addition, Pearson's correlation analysis was performed to determine the correlation between the target categories. A significance level of α=.05 was used to verify statistical significance.
Results : As a result of examining “uncertainty” with respect to general characteristics, such as older age, low educational background, and chronic diseases, it was observed that the more intense these factors became, the more the level of uncertainty increased. In addition, it was also noted that except “accompanying diseases” in social domain, the participants enjoyed a high level of quality of life. The correlation was noted between domains of complexity and sociality (p<.01), domains of inconsistency and sociality (p<.01), domains of complexity and living environment (p<.01), domains of inconsistency and living environment (p<.01), and total score of uncertainty and total quality of life (p<.01).
Conclusion : In this study, differences were found between “uncertainty” and “quality of life” of elderly people; the correlation between the sub-domains based on general traits was found to be negative (-). This suggests that objective evidence can be presented for the prevention of diseases by using mental health programs for the elderly in future.
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KEYWORD
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chronic disease, correlation, elderly people, quality of life, uncertainty
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