背景:这项研究旨在调查独居的中年人的生活质量(QoL),并确定综合生物学,心理,人际关系,以及使用动态生物心理社会模型与QoL相关的环境因素。作为次要分析,这项研究使用了韩国疾病控制和预防机构进行的2017年韩国社区健康调查的数据.
方法:在总共228,381名受访者中,分析包括来自单人家庭的10,639名40-64岁的中年人(男性5,036名,女性5,603名)。QoL使用EuroQoL-5维度(EQ-5D)测量。根据生物,心理,人际关系,和上下文因素。考虑到多阶段分层整群抽样方法的数据结构,使用复杂样本的一般线性模型统计量来识别QoL的预测因子。
结果:那些有不良心理状态的人的QoL较低(例如,更多的抑郁症状,主观健康状况差,和更高的感知压力),较少参与社交网络(与朋友接触较少,参与宗教活动等社会活动较少,友谊的聚会,和休闲),和较低的身体,行为,和社会经济因素。
结论:这项研究的结果表明,应解决和优先考虑心理和人际关系因素,以改善独居中年人的生活质量。通过为满足这一人群的需求和兴趣的易于访问的社交活动提供许多机会,他们的QoL可以通过加强社会支持来改善。
BACKGROUND: This study aimed to investigate quality of life (QoL) in middle-aged adults living alone and identify comprehensive biological, psychological, interpersonal, and contextual factors related to QoL using the dynamic biopsychosocial model. As a secondary analysis, this study used data from the 2017 Korea Community Health Survey conducted by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
METHODS: Among the total 228,381 respondents, 10,639 middle-aged individuals aged 40-64 years from single-person households (5,036 men and 5,603 women) were included in the analysis. QoL was measured using the EuroQoL-5 Dimension (EQ-5D). The EQ-5D descriptive statistics were provided according to biological, psychological, interpersonal, and contextual factors. Considering the data structure of the multistage stratified cluster sampling method, a complex samples general linear model statistic was used to identify the predictors of QoL.
RESULTS: QoL was lower in those who had undesirable psychological status (e.g., more depressive symptoms, poor subjective health, and higher perceived stress), less engagement in social networking (less frequent contact with friends and less frequent participation in social activities such as religious activities, friendship gathering, and leisure), and lower physical, behavioral, and socioeconomic factors.
CONCLUSIONS: This study\'s findings indicate that psychological and interpersonal factors should be addressed and prioritized to improve the QoL of middle-aged adults living alone. By providing many opportunities for easily accessible social activities that meet the needs and interests of this demographic, their QoL can be improved through strengthening social support.