Effects of Physical Health Status, Social Support, and Depression on Quality of Life in the Korean Community-Dwelling Elderly

Table 2

Physical health status and social support of the Korean community-dwelling elderly.

Variables	Categories	(N)	%	M ± SD
Physical health status
Number of chronic diseases	0	75	16.1	1.35 ± 0.88
	1	203	43.6
	2	137	29.4
	3	51	10.9
Functional status	0	219	47.0	1.97 ± .1.93
	1	9	1.9
	2	12	2.6
	3	17	3.6
	4	209	44.8
Subjective health status	Very good	7	1.5	3.36 ± 0.82
	Good	51	10.9
	Average	205	44.0
	Poor	172	36.9
	Very poor	31	6.7
Social support
Emotional network (times/month)	0-1	13	2.8	5.73 ± 1.09
	2-4	12	2.6
	5-6	441	94.6
Social network
Relative contact frequency (times/month	0	51	10.9	3.15±1.13
	1	80	17.2
	2-4	45	9.7
	5<	290	62.2
Friend contact frequency (times/month)	0	11	2.4	3.22 ± 0.97
	1	124	26.6
	2-4	46	9.9
	5<	285	61.2
Social participation (times/month)	0	162	34.8	1.88 ± 1.01
	1-2	110	23.6
	3	51	10.9
	4<	143	30.7