Health and Satisfaction among the Elderly with Chronic Conditions: Demographic Differentials

慢性病老人的健康與滿意：人口學上的差異

陸洛(Luo Lu) ； 張家禎(Chia-Jan Chang)

《The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences》 14卷3期 (1998/03) Pp. 139-149

https://doi.org/10.6452/KJMS.199803.0139

摘要

本研究檢視了172位患有慢性病的高雄市社區者人的健康(含身體健康和心理健康)及滿意(含生活滿意和醫院服務滿意)的狀況。結果發現：(1)慢性病老人自認疾病對其生活的衝擊並不大，且仍能保持良好的身體和心理健康狀態；(2)老人對整體生活和醫院服務均大體滿意；(3)在慢性病老人中的確存在有意義的組群差異：年長、男性、無配偶和財務依賴別人者，身、心健康較差；而女性，無配和財務依據人別人者，對生活夜不滿意。

並列摘要

This study examines the state of health (physical and mental health) and avowed satisfaction (toward hospital services and towards life-as-a-whole), among 172 elderly subjects (108 outpatients from a family medicine clinic and 64 community residents) with chronic conditions living in Kaohsiung city. Results indicated that (a) the elderly did not perceive any great impact of illness (es) upon their lives and both their physical and mental health were satisfactory;(b) the elderly were generally satisfied with both the hospital services and life as a whole; (c) these were meaningful group differentials in health and satisfaction: older, male, single and financially-dependent elderly had poorer physical and mental health; female, single and financially dependent elderly avowed lower life satisfaction.

並列關鍵字

health ； satisfaction ； elderly