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Elders' Health Status, Quality of Life, and Satisfaction with Customized Home Visiting Health Service Depending on Connection to Volunteerism

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Res Community Public Health Nurs. 2010;21(4):448-457
Publication date (electronic) : 2014 April 04
doi : https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2010.21.4.448
Ji Eun Park1, Chungnam Kim2, Yunhee Kwon1
1Professor, Department of Nursing, Taegu Science University, Korea.
2Professor, College of Nursing, Keimyung University, Korea.
Address reprint requests to: Kwon, Yunhee, Department of Nursing, Taegu Science University, 390 Taejeon-dong, Buk-gu, Daegu 702-723, Korea. Tel: 82-53-320-1056, Fax: 82-53-320-1761, sengbira@hanmail.net
Received 2010 October 12; Revised 2010 December 13; Accepted 2010 December 15.

Abstract

Purpose

This study attempted to identify differences in elders' health status, quality of life, and satisfaction with customized home visiting health service depending on connection to volunteerism.

Methods

A total of 400 subjects participated in this research. Data were collected from May to August of 2009 and the measurement tool used for this study was the house visiting health service recording sheet recommended by the Ministry of Health.

Results

According to the results of this research on elders' health status in customized home visiting health service depending on connection to volunteerism, elders connected to volunteerism positively showed a high level in functional health status areas such as daily life performance ability, instrumental daily life performance ability and Joint exercise capacity, and in the quality of life area.

Conclusion

The results of this study can be utilized as complementary information when resources and networks are used for the effective management of house visiting health service subjects.

Keywords: Volunteerism; Health status; Quality of life; Home visit; Health service

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Table 1

Subject's General Properties and Homogeneity (N=400)

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Biological Health Status Depending on Connection to Volunteerism (N=400)

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Customized Visiting Home Health Service Elderly's Health Status Depending on Connection to Volunteerism (N=400)

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Customized Visiting Home Health Service Elderly's Health Quality of Life Depending on Connection to Volunteerism (N=400)

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Customized Visiting Home Health Service Satisfaction Depending on Connection to Volunteerism (N=400)

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