The Relationship Between Subjective Health And Death Anxiety Of The Elderly Under Different Pension Models

At present,the aging situation of Chine is becoming more and more serious,and the physical and mental health of the elderly in different pension modes are a widespread concern.The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the subjective health,social support and death anxiety of the elderly under the community-based home care group and the institutional care group.501 elderly in Nanchang City,Jiangxi Province were surveyed by using the Subjective Health Scale,the Death Anxiety Scale and Social Support Rating Scale.Results indicated that:(1)There were significant demographic differences in subjective health,social support,and death anxiety among the elderly.(2)The total scores of subjective health,social support,subjective support and objective support of the elderly in community-based home care group were significantly higher than those in institutional care group.The score of death anxiety had no significant difference.(3)In community-based home care group,subjective health and objective support were significantly positive predictors of death anxiety,utilization of support was significantly negatively predictors of death anxiety.In institutional care group,only subjective health was significantly positive predictors of death anxiety.(4)Objective support as a partial mediator affected the relationship between subjective health and death anxiety in community-based home care group.Summing up the above,this study drew the following conclusions: subjective health and social support of the elderly in community-based home care group is better than institutional care group,but no difference in death anxiety;Both community-based home care group and institutional care group can effectively alleviate death anxiety of the elderly through subjective health.In addition,in community-based home care group,objective support can also play a role in alleviating death anxiety.