Relationship between social support and quality of life of empty nest elderly
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2012.24.006
- VernacularTitle:社会支持与空巢老人生活质量的相关性
- Author:
Ye HE
1
;
Shuang CUI
;
Ning-Chen WANG
;
Hong ZHAO
Author Information
1. 北京协和医学院
- Keywords:
Community health services;
Social support;
Quality of life;
Empty nest elderly
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2012;18(24):2871-2875
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To study the relationship between social support and life quality of empty nest elderly,and search the effective way to improve their quality of life.Methods Social Support Review questionnaire (SSRS),and Short-Form 36 Health Survey questionnaire (SF-36) were used to investigate 91 empty nest elderly.Database was established by SPSS 17.0,and t-test and Pearson correlation analysis were used during the process.Results 91 questionnaires were given out and 91 were effectively called back,with the effective rate of 100％.The total score of quality of life of empty nest elderly was (619.12 ± 132.83).The differences of life quality between empty nest elderly of different gender,age and degree of education were not statistically significant.The score of quality of life of elderly with spouses was (637.25 ± 127.17),while that of elderly without spouses was (565.53 ± 137.53 ),and the differences were statistically significant (t =2.29,P ＜0.05).The score of quality of life of elderly who had different pensions was (652.40 ± 129.55) vs (581.98 ± 127.87),and the difference was statistically significant (t =- 2.61,P ＜ 0.05 ).In this research,the total score of social support was ( 37.46 ± 9.25 ).The difference of social support between elderly of different gender,age and pension was not statistically significant,while that between elderly of different condition of spouse and degree of education was statistically significant (P ＜0.05 ).Therefore,social support and quality of life of empty nest elderly were correlated with the related coefficient of 0.46 (P ＜ 0.05 ).Conclusions There is significant relationship between social support and quality of life of empty nest elderly,thus social support has an important effect on life quality.Caring the psychological goal of empty nest elderly and complete social support is very meaningful to improve the quality of life of empty nest elderly.
