Abstract
The presence or absence of roles in the family and QOL were studied, and their relationship was evaluated, in 58 old-old disabled (average age: 83.3 years) living at home. The subjects were divided into 35 subjects who had roles in the family (role present group) and 23 who had no particular role in the family (role absent group). BI score, TMIG index of competence and subjective health were significantly better in the role present group than in the role absent group. However, no significant difference was global life satisfaction or the sense of fulfillment. As a result of logistic regression analysis using the presence or absence of a household role as the dependent variable, a significant difference was observed in the odds ratio between the TMIG index of competence and subjective health. Therefore, TMIG index of competence and subjective health were found to be factors of the QOL related to household roles of old-old disabled at home. These observations suggest the importance for old-old to have household roles as much as possible even if they have disabilities, and the necessity of guidance for the entire family including the disabled elderly.
