Abstract

본 연구는 허약의 고위험군인 후기노인의 건강관련 삶의 질 향상을 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자 허약, 사회적 지지 및 건강관련 삶의 질 간의 관계를 조사하였다. 서술적 조사연구인 본 연구를 위하여 2016년 03월 01일 부터 03월 31일까지 K군에 소재하는 노인복지시설에서 75세 이상 노인을 대상으로 구조화된 설문지를 이용하는 일대일 면담을 통해 총 211명의 자료를 수집하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS/WIN과 Amos 18.0 프로그램으로 t-test, Pearson’s correlation coefficient 및 경로분석을 사용하여 분석하였다. 80세를 기준으로 한 연령집단 간 차이검정결과, 80세 이상인 경우 유의하게 허약수준이 더 높고(t=-2.51, p=.013), 건강관련 삶의 질이 낮았으나 (t=3.29, p=.001), 사회적 지지는 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다(t=1.28, p=.201). 허약, 사회적지지, 건강관련 삶의 질 간의 상관관계 분석결과, 허약수준이 높을수록 사회적 지지(r=-.21, p=.003)와 건강관련 삶의 질이 유의하게 낮았고(r=-.65, p<.001), 건강관련 삶의 질은 사회적 지지가 높을수록 유의하게 높았다(r=.18, p=.010). 사회적 지지와 건강관련 삶의 질 사이에서 허약의 매개효과를 조사한 결과, 사회적 지지는 허약에(β=-.21, p=.016) 허약은 건강관련 삶의 질에 유의한 직접효과를 미치나(β=-.06, p=.004), 사회적 지지는 건강관련 삶의 질에 유의한 직접효과를 미치지 않고(β=.00, p=.562) 허약을 매개하여 유의한 간접효과를 미쳐(β=.01, p=.012) 사회적 지지와 건강관련 삶의 질 사이에서 허약의 완전매개효과가 있었다. 사회적 지지는 허약을 예방하고 허약수준의 개선은 건강관련 삶의 질을 증진시킨다. 그러므로 후기노인의 건강관련 삶의 질 제고를 위해 연령별 사회적 지지 방안을 포함하는 다면적인 허약 예방 프로그램의 개발이 필요하다.This study investigated the relation between frailty, social support, and health-related quality of life to provide basic data to improve the health-related quality of life of old-old elderly who are a high risk group for frailty. For this descriptive study, one-on-one interviews with structured questionnaires were conducted for elderly aged 75 years or older at elderly welfare facilities in K county from March 01 to 31 in 2016, and a total of 211 elderly were interviewed. The collected data were analyzed by t-test, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and path analysis using SPSS/WIN and AMOS 18.0 program. For the differences between the age groups, those aged over 80 years had a significantly higher frailty (t=-2.51, p=.013) and a lower health-related quality of life than those aged below 80 years (t=3.29, p=.001); however, there was no significant difference in social support (t=1.28, p=.201). The correlation between frailty, social support and health-related quality of life showed that as frailty became higher, social support (r=-.21, p=.003) and health-related quality of life (r=-.65, p<.001) were significantly lower, and health-related quality of life was significantly higher with a higher social support (r=.18, p=.010). As a result of investigating the mediating effects of frailty between social support and health-related quality of life, social support had a significant direct effect on frailty (β=-.21, p=.016) and frailty had a significant direct effect on health-related quality of life (β=-.06, p=.004); however, social support had no significant direct effect on health-related quality of life (β=.00, p=.562). Social support had a significant indirect effect on health-related quality of life and a mediating effect on frailty (β=.01, p=.012); therefore, the full mediation effect of frailty between social support and health-related quality of life was verified. Social support prevents frailty, and improving frailty enhances health-related quality of life. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a multifactorial frailty prevention program that includes age-specific social support strategies to improve the health-related quality of life in old-old elderly.

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