| Background:According to the data of the fifth population census in china,the families that old people above 65 account for 20.9%of china's total population. Among them,empty nest family account for 22.83%,and is the important problem in Chinese aged people.Improvement health life expectancy and quality of life of the elderly(QOL) are two issues confronting the medical workers.In a certain sense,the later is more important.It is an important research topic for aging society to set up evaluation index system of QOL and having a scientific evaluation for the QOL.Empty nest face not only economic difficulties,physical condition problem and mental health problem but also lacking of children's care.The problem of population aging in Baotou city is more and more serious,with the change of population aging and family construction,empty nest family is expanding swiftly.But there are seldom researches about living quality and community medical services.Therefore,investigation on the living quality of the empted nest elderly in the community,analysis of quality of life of empty nest elderly,and promote the development of the work for the aged.Objectives:In order to learn and explore the situation of quality of the empty-nested elderly in BaoTou district.Find out the main factors influencing quality of life of the empty-nested elderly.Research Methods:With stratified cluster sampling,we studied quality of life and influencing factors of 446 empty-nested elderly aged 60 and over living in Kunqu and Qingshan districts of Baotou city.The SF-36 that was recommended by WHO.Main Results:The chronic disease prevalence rate of the empty-nested older people in BaoTou district was 68.6%,above two kinds of chronic disease prevalence rate was 30.9%,everyone had 1.69 kinds of diseases.The first three sorts of chronic disease were hypertension,coronary heart disease and arthritis.The prevalence rate of disease increased with age.The proportion of the empty-nested older people in BaoTou district with better,moderate and worse quality of life was 23.1%,54.0%and 22.9%.Physical function(PF),physical part restriction(RP),body pain(BP),general health evaluation(GH),vigor(VT),social function(SF),emotional part restriction(RE),mental health(MH) eight latitudinal score was(71.80±20.64),(81.87±35.41),(73.80±18.05),(53.75±15.01),(65.33±12.63),(71.85±22.61) (83.48±35.17),(69.04±12.70);Weighted total score was 71.22±22.61).Between these and the score of physical function and social function were different among the empty-nested elderly in BaoTou district(P＜0.05).Single factor analysis indicated that:the score of physical function and social function decreased with age(P＜0.05);four latitudinal and weighted total score of Physical function,physical part restriction,body pain and emotional part restriction among men were higher than women(P＜0.05).Four latitudinal and weighted total score of Physical function,general health evaluation,vigor,social function,emotional part restriction were different with educational level.The score was higher with educational level increased.Latitudinal score reduced among people who suffered negative life event(P＜0.05);Latitudinal score increased with higher income.Except latitude of social function, Latitudinal score of patients with chronic diseases was lower than others.Multivariate factors analysis indicated that:the score of physical health was affected by the kinds of chronic diseases,satisfaction of children fealty;the score of physical part was affected by the kinds of chronic diseases,income, smoking;the score of body pain was affected by negative life event,sex and the kinds of chronic diseases;the score of vigor was affected by age and the kinds of chronic diseases;the score of social function was affected by sex,income and the kinds of chronic diseases;the influencing factors of mental fields were educational level,the influencing factors of emotional part function were the kinds of chronic diseases,income;the influencing factors of general health were satisfaction of children fealty,negative life event.The factors that influence the quality of life were sex,education,income and chronic disease(P＜0.05).Conclusion and recommendations:the empty-nested elderly with low education,low income and chronic disease should be the key population,and their special difficulties should be adequately considered in the course of laying down the policy of health care and social security.Strengthening Medical Ensuring System,community service and community health construction, enriching amusement,improving mental health,our family and society should take part in the quality of life of the empty-nested elderly.
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