https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/307608
標題: | The use of focus groups in evaluating quality of life components among elderly Chinese people | 作者: | Leung, K.-K. Wu, E.-C. Lue, B.-H. Tang, L.-Y. BEE-HORNG LUE |
關鍵字: | Chinese; Elderly; Focus group interview; Quality of life | 公開日期: | 2004 | 卷: | 13 | 期: | 1 | 起(迄)頁: | 179-190 | 來源出版物: | Quality of Life Research | 摘要: | In Taiwan, to measure the quality of life (QOL) of elderly Chinese, one must rely on instruments developed in other Chinese or Western populations and not specifically for the elderly. The purpose of this study is to understand the components of QOL for elderly Chinese from Taiwan living in residential homes or in their communities. Forty-four elderly men and women divided into six focus groups were interviewed on video tape and the resultant recording was analyzed qualitatively by six independent researchers. The study yielded 15 QOL domains grouped into six dimensions: physical health (physical well-being, impact of illness, medical care), psychological health (mood states, life attitude and retrospection, philosophy of living, self-efficacy), social function (connectedness, exercise and leisure activities, social activities and services), living environment (living environment and arrangements, institutional factors), economic status, and religion and death (religion, death). For elderly Chinese in Taiwan, positive and negative life domains are equally important in the perception of life quality; person-environment interaction is a major consideration in the evaluation of QOL; family ties are an important component of QOL; traditional Chinese beliefs exert a positive influence on perceived QOL; and social functioning and vitality have a different meaning in Chinese compared to Western cultures. |
URI: | http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-1542375282&partnerID=MN8TOARS http://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/307608 |
DOI: | 10.1023/B:QURE.0000015291.79826.a8 | SDG/關鍵字: | aged; attitude; Chinese; community; controlled study; death; economic aspect; environmental factor; evaluation; exercise; female; health; human; interview; leisure; life; major clinical study; male; medical care; mental health; mood; philosophy; priority journal; psychological aspect; qualitative analysis; quality of life; religion; residential home; review; self concept; senescence; social behavior; social status; social work; Taiwan; videorecording; videotape; wellbeing; Activities of Daily Living; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Attitude to Health; China; Family; Female; Focus Groups; Health Status Indicators; Humans; Interpersonal Relations; Male; Quality of Life; Residential Facilities; Social Environment; Social Support; Taiwan |
顯示於: | 醫學系 |
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