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KMID : 1137920180430010001
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Journal of Agricultral Medicine & Community Health
2018 Volume.43 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.8
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The Relations between Participation in Voluntary Service Activity and Health-Related Quality of life among the Elderl
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Jung Mi-Hwa
Park Jong
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study was performed to identify the relations between the old's participation in voluntary service activities and health-related quality of life.
Methods: The subjects of the study were 318 elderly people aged over 65 years. They were interviewed with the use of a questionnaire from May 1 to June 30, 2012 to collect data. To verify the data collected, this study carried out a linear regression analysis.
Results: The health-related quality of life of the elderly who were participating in voluntary service activities was statistically significantly higher than that of those who were not.
Conclusions: This study has meaning in that it discovered that the elderly people's participation in voluntary service activities had a positive effect on their health-related quality of life.
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KEYWORD
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Health-related quality of life, Elderly, Voluntary service activity
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