Quality Of Life And Its Influencing Factors Among Old Aged Residents In Urban And Rural Shanxi Province

ObjectiveTo investigate the current situation and existing problem of quality of life inurban and rural elders in Shanxi population. Explore the influence factors of urbanand rural elders in Shanxi, and to provide evidence for improving quality of life inurban and rural elders in Shanxi.Methods500cases of Shanxi urban and rural elderly people who were investigated by aconvenient sampling procedure were interviewed by using SF-36scale. Epidata3.1was used for database establishing, data entry and check, SPSS17.0software was forstatistical analysis.Results1. The reliability of SF-36Health Survey was good when used for evaluating qualityof life of elders in urban and rural Shanxi. Pearson coefficient was0.819; Cronbach’sα coefficients of eight dimension scores were greater than0.7, six dimensions scoreswere greater than0.8, Cronbach’s α coefficients was0.886. The reliability andvalidity of SF-36health survey were generally satisfactory.2.(1) The male scored higher than the female in all dimenions of quality of life,thediversity in each dimension was statistically significant.(2) In age, life quality scorein all dimensions were decreasing with age increasing.(3) Significant differencesquality of life in elders were found in other dimensions except PF、VT betweeneducation degree. Life quality score in6dimensions were decreasing with education degree decreasing.(4) The married scored higher than the unmarried in all dimenionsof quality of life,diversity in each dimension was statistically significant.(5) Scoresdifference is significant between city elders and countryside elders. Scores of cityelders are higher than countryside elders’s.(6) Elders with without history of chronicdiseases had great higher scores in6dimensions when compared to those who historyof chronic diseases.(7) With cost of medical in elders life quality scores were highest,without cost of medical in elders life quality scores were lowest. With cost of medicalin elders scored higher than without cost of medical in all dimenions.3. Results of Multiple Linear Regression show that sex、age、education degree、marriage、chronic diseases were the major factors which influence the quality of lifein elders. The Influencing factors in elders of physical health score was age、sex、chronic diseases、occupation、sleep、inhabitancy、cost of medical. The Influencing factors in elders of mental health scorewas sex、age、occupation、cost of medical、inhabitancy、education degree.ConclusionSF-36Health Survey had good reliability and validity when applied to urbanand rural elders in Shanxi Province. The quality of life scores in urban elders weregreater than rural elders. The major determinants of influencing the quality of life inurban and rural elders were sex、age、education degree、marriage、chronic disease.It is suggested that prevent and cure the chronic disease for elders. Establishing andimproving the rural public health service. Multiple intervention measures should beused to promote quality of life in urban and rural Shanxi elders.