A Study On The Status Quo And Influencing Factors Of The Elderly Self-care Ability In China

ObjectiveThe purpose of this study is to understand the elderly self-care ability and its influencing factors,to provide the basic information of elderly self-care ability for government departments,so as to take the medical and pension insurance measures,improve the health level of the elderly residents,improve the quality of life,to explore the pension model more in line with the conditions of our country,and provide a theoretical basis for our health and pension reform.MethodThe multistage stratified sampling method is used as the sampling method for this project,combined with the district/county economic factors such as income,Select administrative district/county,administrative village/neighborhood committee,family households as the object of this project,from June 2014 to October were interviewed to collect data.Statistical description of multiple variables by using SPSS 22.0 software,Chi square test was used to analyze whether there was a difference in self-care ability among different groups using the statistical description and two classification logistic regression analysis to explore the Chinese elderly self-care status and influencing factors of ability.Result8757 people participated in the survey,including 4285 men and 4472 women with an average age of(68.97±7.44.).?The present situation of the daily life self-care ability of the elderly in China:self-care ability survey,including 7631 valid questionnaires,and1126 invalid copies,The results showed that the number of elderly people with limited self-care ability was 680,accounting for about 8.9%of the effective survey,,the basic ability of daily life Limited is relatively small,the ability of applying social facilities is relatively serious,such as shopping,using public transport and washing.? Single factor analysis of influencing factors of life self-care ability:the elderly wih different gender,marital status,age,economic level,cultural level,drinking,mental health status have different self-care ability,between the two groups was statistically significant(P<0.05),the people of old female,widowed,old age,low income,low education,not drinking,suffering from chronic disease and mental health,life self-care ability damage rate is higher than Shanghai,the economically developed cities,the elderly people's ability to take care of themselves is the highest rate,Gansu,the inland economy is not developed provinces,the elderly have limited ability to take care of themselves.? Two classification Logistic regression analysis on Influencing Factors of self-care ability:self-rated health,mental health,life satisfaction and family support for the elderly have significant impact on their self-care ability,The elderly people with high self-rated health scores have low limited rate,mental health is a protective factor for elderly life self-care ability,Family support can give the elderly a better living environment,help to improve the quality of lifeConclusionThe influence factors of China's elderly self-care ability is wide,not only related to age and other demographic factors,and personal income,self-rated health,mental health,life satisfaction,is closely related to chronic disease and family support and other factors,pay attention to elderly self-care ability not only from the perspective of the elderly themselves,but also from the perspective of the whole social environment,take relevant measures according to these influencing factors,in order to improve the quality of life of the elderly,to achieve healthy aging society in china.