社区老年人生命意义感来源的质性研究

Qualitative research on the sources of meaning in life in community elderly people

目的探讨社区老年人生命意义感的来源.方法采用现象学研究法对广州市越秀区六榕街社区卫生服务中心门诊及白云区寿星大厦养老院共21名老年人进行半结构式深入访谈,访谈资料应用Nvivo11软件进行分析.结果社区老年人较少谈及生命意义相关话题,生命意义感水平从无到高均有,还有老年人从未探索过生命意义.老年人的生命意义感来源与年轻时区别较大:年轻时比较看重工作、挣钱以及自我提升,但随着年龄的增长,会更多地关注家庭与身体健康.老年人生命意义感来源包含苦难、自主、家庭、价值感、信仰.结论未来可通过识别老年人生命意义来源,从个人、家庭、社会等多角度出发,提升其生命意义感.

Objective To investigate the sources of meaning in life of the elderly in the community.Methods The phenomenological approach was conducted in Guangzhou Yuexiu Liurong community health service center and Shouxing nursing home in Baiyun District,a total of 21 elderly were interviewed by semi-structured in-depth interviews.Interviews data were analyzed by Nvivo11.Results The elderly in the community were less concerned about the meaning in life.The level of meaning in life ranges from nothing to high,and some elderly had not explored it yet.Sources of meaning in life for elderly were quite different from when he was young:one valued work,earn money and self-improvement more when young,but as the growth of age,one would pay more attention to family and health.The sources of meaning in life included suffering,autonomy,family,make contributions and faith.Conclusion In the future,the sense of meaning in life of the elderly can be enhanced from the perspective of individuals,families and society by identifying the sources of meaning of the elderly.