Abstract：
Older adults living in a community are looking for alternative and complementary methods to improve their healthy longevity and quality of life. This study aimed to examine the effects of the Qigong therapy on psychological well-being, physical health state, sleep state, and life satisfaction of older adults living in community. This study used a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group design. The study samples were 69 older adults (intervention, n = 34; control, n = 35) over 65 years old in community in South Korea. Qigong therapy was performed 50 minutes per session, twice a week for a total of 20 times over a 10-week period in a comfortable and quiet environment without external noise. Measures were the study participant\'s general characteristics survey, psychological well-being scale, Cornell Medical Index-Korean version, sleep scale, and life satisfaction scale standardized for the elderly. Effects of Qigong therapy according to interaction effect over time and the group showed statistically significant differences in psychological well-being, physical health state, sleep state, and life satisfaction. This study suggests that Qigong therapy was an effective nursing intervention for improving the psychological well-being, physical health state, sleep state, and life satisfaction of older adults living in community.
摘要：
居住在社区中的老年人正在寻找替代和补充方法，以改善他们的健康寿命和生活质量。这项研究旨在研究气功疗法对心理健康的影响，身体健康状态,睡眠状态,以及居住在社区的老年人的生活满意度。这项研究使用了准实验的前测-后测对照组设计。研究样本为69名老年人(干预，n=34；控制，n=35）65岁以上的韩国社区。气功治疗每次50分钟，每周两次，共20次，为期10周，在舒适安静的环境中，没有外部噪音。措施是研究参与者的一般特征调查，心理健康量表，康奈尔医学索引-韩国版本，睡眠量表，老年人生活满意度量表。气功疗法的效果根据随时间的相互作用效应和该组在心理幸福感上显示出统计学上的显着差异，身体健康状态,睡眠状态,和生活满意度。这项研究表明，气功疗法是一种有效的护理干预，以提高心理健康，身体健康状态,睡眠状态,以及居住在社区的老年人的生活满意度。
