Subjective well-beingand its influential factors on community elderly in Xi' an

VernacularTitle:西安市社区老年人主观幸福感及其影响因素
Author: Ya-Nan LIU ¹ ; Qiao-Ling XU ; Qian-Zhen HUA ; Jin-Feng MA ; Chun-Ping NI ; Bo WANG ; Chang-Sheng CHEN
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1. 第四军医大学
Keywords: Elderly; Community; Subjective well-being; Self-efficacy
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2012;18(9):993-996
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the subjective well-being (SWB) status among community elderly in Xi' an city,and find out the major influence factors.Methods A total of 400 community elderly in Xi' an city were investigated with MUNSH,GDS, GSES and General Status Questionnaire.Results The valid questionnaires were 390,and the response rate was 97.5％.SWB of community elderly in Xi' an was relatively higher as 276 of the elderly scored more than 36,which was 70.8％ of the total participants.Only 18 cases scored less than 12,which was 4.6％ of the total.By the analysis of variance ( ANOVA ),the following variables were significantly associated with SWB:personality,depressive emotion and self-efficacy( P ＜0.05),and the value of F(t) were 1.436,13.888 and 2.245; No significant difference was noted among age,.sex,education level and income (P＞ 0.05 ),and the value of F (t) were 0.746,0.972,0.757 and 0.615.Conclusions SWB of community elderly in Xi' an is relatively higher.Personality,depressive emotion and seff-efficacy are the major factors which affected SWB of the elderly in community.