scholarly journals The Decline of Health-Related Quality of Life Associated with Some Diseases in Korean Adults

2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seol-Ryoung Kil ◽  
Sang-Il Lee ◽  
Sung-Cheol Yun ◽  
Hyung-Mi An ◽  
Min-Woo Jo
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Korean Adults ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

Development of a Situation-Specific Theory for Explaining Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older South Korean Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sun Ju Chang ◽  
Eun-Ok Im
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Korean Adults ◽  
Health Related Qol ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

The purpose of the study was to develop a situation-specific theory for explaining health-related quality of life (QOL) among older South Korean adults with type 2 diabetes. To develop a situation-specific theory, three sources were considered: (a) the conceptual model of health promotion and QOL for people with chronic and disabling conditions (an existing theory related to the QOL in patients with chronic diseases); (b) a literature review using multiple databases including Cumulative Index for Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PubMed, PsycINFO, and two Korean databases; and (c) findings from our structural equation modeling study on health-related QOL in older South Korean adults with type 2 diabetes. The proposed situation-specific theory is constructed with six major concepts including barriers, resources, perceptual factors, psychosocial factors, health-promoting behaviors, and health-related QOL. The theory also provides the interrelationships among concepts. Health care providers and nurses could incorporate the proposed situation-specific theory into development of diabetes education programs for improving health-related QOL in older South Korean adults with type 2 diabetes.

Eating Together and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Korean Adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (8) ◽  
pp. 758-765
Author(s):  
Min-Jung Choi ◽  
Yong Gyu Park ◽  
Yang Hyun Kim ◽  
Kyung Hwan Cho ◽  
Ga Eun Nam
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Korean Adults ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

Association between health‐related quality of life and work status in older Korean adults

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 1629-1633 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinseok Kim ◽  
Jin‐Won Noh ◽  
Jumin Park ◽  
Taewook Huh ◽  
Young Dae Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Work Status ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Korean Adults ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

scholarly journals Non-Exercise Based Estimation of Cardiorespiratory Fitness Mediates Associations between Comorbidities and Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Korean Adults with Diabetes

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 1164
Author(s):  
Inhwan Lee ◽  
Shinuk Kim ◽  
Hyunsik Kang
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cardiorespiratory Fitness ◽  
Chronic Renal Disease ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Korean Adults ◽  
Patients With Diabetes ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
The Impact

This study investigated whether non-exercise-based estimation of cardiorespiratory fitness (eCRF) mediates the association between health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and comorbidities in older Korean adults with diabetes. A total of 1371 Korean adults (56% women) aged 60 years and older with diabetes was drawn from those who participated in the 2008–2011 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys IV and V. Data on comorbidities included hypertension, heart disease (acute myocardial infarction or angina), stroke, arthritis, and chronic renal disease. HRQoL was assessed using the EuroQoL group, which consists of a health-status descriptive system and a visual analogue scale. eCRF was determined with sex-specific algorithms. Age, sex, household income, education level, marital status, smoking, alcohol consumption, and regular exercise were additionally measured as covariates. HRQoL found to be inversely associated with number of comorbidities and positively associated with increasing eCRF category (from low to high) in older Korean patients with diabetes. The Sobel mediation test showed a significant indirect effect (Z = −4.632, p < 0.001), and the result of a bootstrap procedure corroborated the Sobel test result: a non-zero range in the 95% bias-corrected confidence interval (95% CI −1.104 to −0.453) indicated that eCRF mediates the impact of comorbidities on HRQoL. Overall, the current findings suggest that enhancing CRF can facilitate positive outcomes, including better HRQoL, for patients with diabetes.

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