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A Reseach Of Physical And Mental Health Test Of Check-in Staff And Fitness Activities At Nursing Home In Shijiazhang City

Posted on:2012-06-07Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:T T DuanFull Text:PDF
GTID:2167330335973722Subject:Ethnic Traditional Sports
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Growing aging situation is more severely, 4:2:1-type structure of the family members, is one reason which making the increasing family support scarcity of resources, resulting in nursing home is the inevitable future trend. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the focus on nursing home and the efforts of concern for the elderly to stay. This paper aims to understand the current nursing home situation in Shijiazhuang City, the health status of the elderly, and the satisfaction of elderly nursing home occupancy conditions of service, and in the process of investigating and testing, we guide them with positive health literacy, self-guided health of older scientific assessment and disease prevention, and live actively to improve their well-being index. The results based on the rationalization of some specific recommendations, expected help speed up the Shijiazhuang City "healthy aging" national strategic objectives.19 nursing homes will be researched among 31 nursing houses in Shijiazhuang, 105 elderly people who were targeted randomly as research objects. It will study them on elderly demographic status, general life style, and the satisfaction of the service and mental health by University of Newfoundland Scale of Happiness evaluation in nursing home, and Check and test the prevalence of the elderly to stay for the elderly, weight, blood pressure, heart rate, grip strength and other physical form, function and other indicators, and detailed a stay of the elderly physical and mental health status. After three months, we have a test for the same people to observe the changes. Results are as follows: Results:1.There are 87.6% elderly with chronic disease prevalence, according to the proportion of illness, followed by hypertension (50.0%), heart disease (32.6%), bone and joint disease (22.8%), diabetes and eye disease (13.0% each), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cerebrovascular disease and other (12.0% each), chronic gastritis (7.6%).Comparing men and women, in addition to diabetes and the prevalence of osteoarthritis in women than men aged (P <0.05), the prevalence of cerebrovascular disease is higher in male than female elderly (P <0.05), other chronic diseases prevalence difference was not significant (P <0.05).2. There is no obvious morphological differences in Shijiazhuang City nursing home for elderly men in three age groups (P> 0.05), while women aged 60 to 69 years BMI higher than 70 to 79 age group, there is no significant difference in height, weight (P> 0.05). More than 80 years old male average normal blood pressure, other groups are all old people with borderline hypertension. Fitness decreased with age old recession.3. Elderly people who live in nursing house have a lower level satisfaction on Shijiazhuang City nursing home, there is no significant difference on men and women (P> 0.05).Check who is the mean life satisfaction score of 18.27±8.66, Memorial University of Newfoundland, the mean happiness score is 30.34±13.71. Conclusions:1. In the survey of 105 elderly people who have illness rated 87.6% .With the highest prevalence of hypertension, other heart disease, osteoarthritis, diabetes, cerebrovascular disease and other diseases are also common and accounted for a large proportion, so the elderly that a larger proportion of people with chronic diseases.2.Morphologic indicators: the elderly's height and weight with growing age and decreased, but the average BMI beyond the normal range, are overweight. Some elderly women aged 60 to 69 the average BMI 27.5 kg / m, is obese. BMI data from the second test the average slightly lower than the first, but the difference was not significant.3.Physiological indicators: elderly people in Shijiazhuang City have a normal heart rate. Blood pressure test data shows that, in addition to 80 elderly ,other groups over the age of the average normal blood pressure, other old person is borderline hypertension. Although the second test data show that older people tended to be normal blood pressure, and the difference was significant, but overall, their average blood pressure is still in critical condition.4.Physical indicators: whether the elderly to stay in power, flexibility, or in the balance, basically followed the age increased, the level decreased gradually. Two tests showed that the level of balance ability of older persons has increased, but the difference was not significant, strength and flexibility decreased the average level of quality.5.Generally speaking, staff of Shijiazhuang City nursing home stay at low levels of life satisfaction, happiness level is pretty good overall but mental health is poor. Check the satisfaction of elderly nursing home average level of low, there is no significant gender differences. Second test data shows that the average mental health of the elderly and the average level of satisfaction with the nursing home has declined, but has no a significant difference.
Keywords/Search Tags:elderly, nursing homes, physical and mental health, fitness activities
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