J Agric Med Community Health.
2018 Mar;43(1):1-8. 10.5393/JAMCH.2018.43.1.001.
The Relations between Participation in Voluntary Service Activity and Health-Related Quality of life among the Elderly
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- 1Truelove Cultural Education Progress Association, Korea.
- 2Department of Preventive Medicine, Chosun University Medical School, Korea. jpark@chosun.ac.kr
- KMID: 2436372
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.5393/JAMCH.2018.43.1.001
Abstract
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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