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Analysis and Satisfaction of Time Usage by Occupational Type for the Elderly with Disabilities

  • Korean Journal of Occupational Therapy
  • Abbr : Korean J of Occup Ther
  • 2020, 28(2), pp.69-82
  • DOI : 10.14519/kjot.2020.28.2.06
  • Publisher : Korean Society Of Occupational Therapy
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Working Therapeutics
  • Received : October 30, 2019
  • Accepted : January 7, 2020
  • Published : June 30, 2020

BAK AH REAM ORD ID 1 kim, Su-kyoung 2

1전주기전대학 작업치료과
2건양대학교

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ABSTRACT

Objective: This study intended to analyze the time use of the elderly with disabilities by utilizing lifetime surveydata in 2014 and to present the occupational type by using the time usage based on occupational area. Methods: The raw data from Statistics Korea’s “2014 Time of Life Survey” were used to extract senior citizensaged 65 or older, and the data on 574 disabled senior citizens who needed to be cared for were analyzed. Theareas were analyzed by reclassifying them into sleep activities, daily activities, labor activities, and leisureactivities, and by classifying them into daily activity types, excessive leisure types, excessive work types, andoccupational balance types based on time usage by area. In addition, the deficiency of time use and satisfactionlevel were analyzed depending on the type. Results: Analysis by occupational type shows that 33.62% are of excessive leisure type. The types of dailyactivities made up 31.71%, the types of excessive work made up 21.78%, and the types of occupational balancemade up 12.89%, with significant differences in all areas. An analysis of the predicting factors of occupationaltypes showed that men in their 90s were more likely to among the daily activities type than those in their 60s and70s, and that the possibility of being among an excessive leisure type is more likely to be found in men havingdementia or post-stroke. Conclusion: Analyzing the time use and satisfaction level of disabled senior citizens, this study intended to providebasic data for providing intervention activities to improve their quality of life and health.

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