高齡友善和老年人孤獨感的相關性：以臺北市信義區老年人為例

Association of an Age-Friendly City with Loneliness Among Older People: The Case of Xinyi District, Taipei

10.29703/JGS.202406_(3).0002

徐婕(Jye Hsu)；徐慧娟(Hui-Chuan Hsu)；周真貞(Chen-Chen Chou)

高齡友善城市 ； 孤獨 ； 老年人 ； 通訊與資訊 ； age friendly city ； loneliness ； older people ； communication and information

老年學研究

3期（2024 / 06 / 01）

26 - 51

繁體中文;英文

目的：本研究目的主要為探討老年人對高齡友善城市的評價和其孤獨感受的相關性。方法：本研究使用2022年臺北市信義區安全社區暨高齡友善城市需求評估調查之次級資料。研究對象為臺北市信義區65歲以上老年人，完訪樣本人數361人。問卷內容包括基本人口學變項、健康狀況、社會支持、高齡友善城市八大面向評分（公共空間（無礙）、交通運輸（暢行）、住宅（安居）、社會參與（親老）、敬老與社會融入（敬老）、工作與志願服務（不老）、通訊與資訊（連通）及社區與健康服務（康健）以及孤獨感程度等。採用描述性統計、雙變項分析、線性迴歸分析等方法。結果：本研究主要結果顯示，信義區老年人感到普通、有點或非常孤獨的比率達9.6%。雙變項分析顯示，高齡友善的八大面向得分越高者，老年人都比較不孤獨。若採多變項迴歸模式分析，則連通（通訊與資訊）面向為最顯著的孤獨感預測因子，此外社會支持較滿意的老年人也越不會孤獨。結論：高齡友善城市中通訊和資訊面向和較低的孤獨感有關。建議應積極推動高齡友善城市的服務資源之資訊提供以預防孤獨，以及未來研究應更深入探討高齡友善與孤獨之作用機制。

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the correlation between evaluations of an age-friendly city and loneliness among older people. Methods: This study used secondary data from the "2022 Survey of Safe Community and Age-Friendly City Needs Assessment in Xinyi District, Taipei City." The population consisted of individuals aged 65 years or older in Xinyi District, Taipei City. The completed cases included 361 older people. The questionnaire consisted of demographic characteristics, satisfaction with eight domains of an age-friendly city (outdoor spaces and buildings, transportation, housing, social participation, respect and social inclusion, civic participation and employment, communication and information, and community support and health services), and the level of loneliness. Descriptive statistics, bivariate analysis, and linear regression were used for data analysis. Results: In this sample, 9.6% of older adults felt moderately, slightly, or severely lonely. Bivariate analysis showed that the higher the scores on the eight aspects of age friendliness, the less lonely the older adults were. In multivariate regression analysis, higher scores in the communication and information domain and better social support were significantly associated with lower level of loneliness. Discussion: The "communication and information" domain of an age-friendly city is significantly associated with lower loneliness. This study suggests that information on the services and resources of age-friendly cities should be actively provided to prevent loneliness, and future studies should explore the mechanism for reducing loneliness through age-friendly cities.