2020 Volume 39 Issue 2 Pages 153-161
This study aims to pilot a group program for community-dwelling middle-aged and elderly people using the Activity Diary to examine the effectiveness of the program and to receive program evaluations from participants. The participants of the program were community-dwelling people ranging from 60 to 75 years old. The participants attended weekly 90-minute sessions and completed the Activity Diary daily during the 4-week program. Satisfaction with their occupations, feeling of Ikigai, and life satisfaction were measured at the start and end of the program. 29 participants attended the program, and participation rate was 99.1%. All participants expressed satisfaction with the program at the last session. There were statistically significant improvements of the score of satisfaction with occupations (the Activity and Daily Life Satisfaction Scale:ADLSS), feeling of Ikigai (the K-I Scale for the Feeling that Life is Worth Living among the Aged:K-I Scale), and life satisfaction (the Life Satisfaction Index-Z:LSIZ). Effect sizes (r) were for the ADLSS 0.50, for the K-I 0.41, and for the LSI-Z 0.50. These results indicate the program meets the needs of community-dwelling middle-aged and elderly, and that the program can enhance satisfaction of occupation, Ikigai, and life for community-dwelling middle-aged and elderly.
