Purposes of Going out and Subjective Well-Being in Older Adults with Impairments

Abstract

Aims

To examine the association between diverse purposes of going out and the participant’s subjective well-being and their orientation toward going out.

Methods

We conducted a self-administered questionnaire survey to assess the association between orientation toward going out, purposes of going out, and the Philadelphia Geriatric Center Morale Scale (PGCMS) score in adults > 65 years.

Results

A regression analysis of 138 responses using a multistage adjustment approach showed no significant association, only with diverse purposes of going out (b: −1.74; 95%CI: −4.17, 0.69). In contrast, the interaction term was significantly associated with the PGCMS score (b: 3.28; 95%CI: 0.38 6.17).

Conclusions

Having diverse purposes of going out was associated with a higher level of subjective well-being in individuals with an orientation toward going out, suggesting the importance of increasing the variety of purposes of going out.

Keywords:

• Purposes of going out
• orientation toward going out
• subjective well-being
• older adults with impairments

Acknowledgments

We would like to express our gratitude to the staff of Rehappy Co., Ltd. and all participants in the study for their cooperation with the present study. Moreover, we would like to thank Editage (www.editage.com) for English language editing.

Disclosure statement

The authors report no conflict of interest.