Study of social support, quality of life and coping style of elderly inpatients with different number of children and admission times
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2010.32.004
- VernacularTitle:不同子女数量、住院次数老年住院患者社会支持、生活质量和应对方式的研究
- Author:
Min WANG
1
;
Yan XIE
;
Li-Hong LIU
;
Shu-Xia HU
Author Information
1. 221006,徐州医学院附属医院老年医学科
- Keywords:
Elderly inpatients;
Social support;
Quality of life;
Coping style;
Different number of children;
Admission times
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2010;16(32):3858-3861
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the social support, quality of life and coping style of elderly inpatients with different number of children and admission times. Methods 164 elderly inpatients were interviewed by social support assessment scale (SSAS), generic quality of life inventory (GQOLI) and coping style scale. Results One hundred sixty four patients were interviewed. Elderly patients that had less than 2 children scored lower(11.73 ± 2.25) on the objective support of SSAS than those had 2 more children (13.57 ±2.52). The difference was statistically significant (P < 0. 05). There was no difference on SSAS between the patients with 2 or less admissions and 3 or more admissions. Elderly patients that had less than 2 children scored lower on GQOLI mazerial life and mental health than those had 2 more children(P <0. 01). Elderly inpatients scored higher than norm in exploring, fantasy, escaping and negative coping score (P <0. 01). Patients who had no less than 2 children scored higher than norm in fantasy, escaping and negative coping score(P <0. 01),lower in family support than that of patient who had less than 2 children; score of exploring, fantasy, escaping and negative coping were higher than norm in patients who had less than 2 and no less than 2 times of admissions. Conclusions Elderly inpatients who has less than 2 children got less objective support, they get worse status of mental health than those who have no less than 2 children; High frequencies of hospitalization have negative impact on the mental health of elderly inpatients; The copying style is affected by number of children and admission times in elderly inpatients.
