Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between subjective well-being (Satisfaction with Life Scale:SWLS), activity participation status (Self-completed Occupational Performance Index:SOPI), and basic attributes (age, sex, chronic illness, marital status, and living together) in 298 community-dwelling older adults. As a result, SOPI (β=0.415) and age (β=0.187) were related to SWLS (p<0.05). Furthermore, as a result of investigating the relationship between SWLS and SOPI by age group, connections were found (p<0.05) in the young-old group (R=0.477) and the old-old group (R=0.426), but not in the oldest-old group (p>0.05). These results suggest that activity participation status may contribute to subjective well-being, expanding the epidemiological evidence of occupational therapy. However, in the oldest-old group, the problem of investigating the activity participation status of contributing to subjective well-being became shown.
