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Health-Related Quality of Life of Elderly Women with Fall Experiences

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  • Jiyoung Song

    (College of Nursing, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea)

  • Eunwon Lee

    (Department of Nursing, Gwangju University, Jinwol-dong, Gwangju-si 61743, Korea)

Abstract

This study aimed to describe the health-related quality of life of elderly women with experience in fall treatment as well as to prepare basic data for the development of interventions to improve the quality of life for this group. The study was based on raw data from the 2019 Korea Community Health Survey. Using the SPSS program, the characteristics of the subjects were tested by frequency, percentage, and chi-square test. To establish the impact of fall experience on the health-related quality of life of elderly women, the OR and 95% CI were calculated using multiple logistic regression analysis. Of the 4260 people surveyed, 44.7% of the elderly women said they had a high quality of life, whereas 55.3% of the elderly women said they had a low quality of life. A younger age was associated with a better-rated health-related quality of life. Those who lived in a city and had a high level of education tended to describe a high quality of life. The quality of life was considered high by those who exercised, but low by those who were obese or diabetic. The results of this study can lead to a better understanding of the experiences of elderly women who have experienced falls, and they can be used as basic data for the development of related health programs.

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  • Jiyoung Song & Eunwon Lee, 2021. "Health-Related Quality of Life of Elderly Women with Fall Experiences," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(15), pages 1-10, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:15:p:7804-:d:599783
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