Study On The Influencing Factors Of Chinese Elderly Health Based On Structural Equation Model

With the rapid increase in the number of ageing population and the increase in life expectancy,it is inevitable that some important questions will be asked:Is it possible to achieve a reduction in disability in old age,or at least dynamic equilibrium?Why do some old people have a healthy body to a very high age,while other old people are unable to take care of themselves,and even shorter life expectancy?If these questions can be systematically answered and well solved,it will not only guarantee the quality of life of the elderly,but also improve the life expectancy of the non-elderly population.So far,however,these questions have not been systematically answered.And for that,the first challenge we face is to maintain and promote the health level of hundreds of millions of elderly people,to extend their healthy life expectancy as much as possible,and to slow down the pressure of medical and health care and service security for the elderly.How to use and develop the favorable factors,reduce and eliminate the unfavorable factors,achieve longevity and health,improve the quality of life in old age and other aspects of research is still no breakthrough.Therefore,to build a healthy and harmonious population ageing needs the joint efforts of the whole country.The research center should continue to carry out the national follow-up survey on the health and longevity of the elderly,researchers should study the influencing factors of healthy aging,clarify the path of influencing factors on the health of the elderly,and effectively accomplish the task of scientific research in this field.Based on the data from the questionnaire of "China elderly health impact factors follow-up survey"(CLHLS),three factors affecting the health status of the old people were summarized:lifestyle,family support and social environment.According to the literature study,the potential variables(health of the elderly and three kinds of influencing factors)were determined and expressed by 16 observed variables,the measurement model and the structural model are constructed by using the structural equation method.According to the output results,the final model of goodness of fit is obtained by eliminating the untested variables and adding the correlations between the variables.The main conclusions of this paper are as follows:Lifestyle,family support and social environment all have a significant effect on the health status of the elderly;lifestyle is the most significant factor that affects the health of the old people;of the five observation variables that affect lifestyle,the largest one is self-assessment of life quality,followed by diet;although social environment and life style are both direct influence factors,they are also interrelated;the physical health of the elderly is not the only index to measure the health of the elderly,mental health also needs the common concern and attention of the general public.Building a healthy and harmonious population ageing requires a critical role for the government,the family and the individual,the health level of the old people can be improved by popularizing the general knowledge of healthy life,paying attention to the change of healthy behavior,optimizing the social environment,providing family support and paying attention to the mental health problems of the old people.