The Relationship between General Anxiety Disorder(GAD-7) and Health-related quality of life(HINT-8) in the Elderly: 8th National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Using data from the 2021 the 8th National Health and Nutrition Survey. The subjects of the study were 1415 the elderly aged 65 or older. The data were analyzed by SPSS 22.0. Result of the study, differences in HINT-8 index were confirmed according to gender, income, Subjective health perception level, and General anxiety disorder. By treating income as a covariate, a model for calculating the HINT-8 index was estimated with gender, subjective health, and general anxiety disorder as variables. It was confirmed that an improvement of HINT-8 index 0.1 unit improved the likelihood of not being a pan-anxiety disorder by 2.78 times. Interrelationships between general anxiety disorders and health-related life quality was confirmed. HINT-8 index levels could be referenced to diagnose general anxiety disorders. Improving health-related quality of life could lower the prevalence of general anxiety disorders.