Research Article
Factors Related to Depression and Mental Health That Affect the Quality of Life of the Elderly
Table 7
Quality of life according to general characteristics.
| Variable | Classification | Mean (SD) | t | p |
| Gender | Male | 80.31 (14.04) | 3.882 | 0.05 | Female | 87.11 (14.73) |
| Age (year) | 65–69 | 88.73 (16.84) | 0.661 | 0.671 | 70–79 | 84.67 (13.96) | ≥80 | 87.00 (15.01) |
| Religion | Buddhism | 86.12 (14.39) | 2.673 | 0.275 | Christianity | 78.21 (16.67) | Catholic | 82.41 (16.28) | No religion | 90.20 (12.73) |
| Education | Junior high school graduate | 86.34 (14.71) | 1.676 | 0.915 | High school graduate | 81.95 (15.21) | University graduate or higher | 92.37 (12.85) |
| Marital status | Married | 87.82 (14.16) | 2.065 | 0.070 | Bereavement, separation, divorce | 83.73 (15.28) | Single | 66.00 (0.00) |
| Living together | Couple | 87.95 (14.41) | 0.970 | 0.091 | Married children | 85.38 (11.10) | Unmarried children | 83.71 (13.97) | Alone | 82.58 (17.60) |
| Number of children | 0-1 | 65.45 (16.38) | 2.082 | 0.010 | 2 | 83.06 (15.49) | 3-4 | 88.72 (11.35) | ≥5 | 91.8 (12.28) |
| Dependent child | Has | 86.57 (13.67) | 2.791 | 0.097 | None | 78.81 (22.92) |
| A person who usually cares and helps | Marriage partner | 87.69 (14.84) | 0.603 | 0.905 | Children | 84.65 (13.70) | Neighbors and others | 85.63 (16.8) |
| Meeting | Senior citizen’s center | 88.04 (11.72) | 2.619 | 0.041 | Senior college | 88.33 (21.65) | Senior volunteer group | 101.00 (6.08) | None | 82.40 (14.59) |
| Number of meetings | Once a week | 90.97 (15.45) | 3.764 | 0.003 | Once in two weeks | 80.85 (10.25) | Once a month | 86.64 (10.95) | Once in two months | 81.71 (14.38) |
| Occupation status | Has | 88.46 (15.09) | 0.527 | 0.469 | None | 85.49 (14.78) |
| Economic level | Low | 97.55 (13.16) | 10.201 | 0.001 | Medium | 85.32 (13.28) | High | 77.55 (16.10) |
| Monthly allowance | ≥100,000 won | 82.04 (14.48) | 1.708 | 0.033 | ≥200,000 won | 87.08 (9.85) | ≥300,000 won | 83.12 (14.14) | ≥400,000 won | 86.66 (16.06) | ≥500,000 won | 91.13 (15.89) |
| Subjective health status | Very healthy | 65.00 (12.44) | 9.556 | 0.001 | Healthy | 82.60 (13.55) | Average | 84.53 (14.24) | Unhealthy | 91.46 (9.85) | Very unhealthy | 110.80 (9.73) |
| Disease status | Has | 84.82 (13.51) | 1.233 | 0.269 | None | 88.02 (17.13) |
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