Current situation and influencing factors of prominent character strengths among the disabled elderly
10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20200411-02661
- VernacularTitle:失能老人突出品格优势及其影响因素研究
- Author:
Yin XU
1
;
Rumei YANG
;
Meizhen GU
;
Huiling LI
Author Information
1. 苏州大学医学部护理学院 215006
- Keywords:
Aged;
Character strength theory;
Disabled elders;
Subjective well-being;
Vitality advantage
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2020;26(17):2342-2347
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To explore the current situation and influencing factors of most prominent character strength among disabled elders.Methods:The study selected 228 disabled elders of Department of Geriatrics and Cardiovascular Department at a ClassⅡ Grade A general hospital in Shanghai as subjects by convenience sampling. The cross-sectional survey was carried out with the self-designed General Information Scale, Chinese Virtues Questionnaire-96 (CVQ-96) and Barthel Index (BI) and influencing factors were analyzed.Results:Among 228 disabled elders, there were 90 cases with character strength in affinity, 137 cases with character strength in vitality and one case with character strength in willpower. The most prominent character strength of disabled elders was vitality. Single factor analysis showed that there were statistical differences in the scores of vitality among disabled elders with different ages, education levels, use smart products or not, religious belief, relationships with spouse, social communications, overall life satisfaction, monthly income and with or without speech disorders ( t=5.562, 5.025, 10.551, -2.098, 4.047, 96.006, 11.094, 20.952, -2.196; P<0.05) . The independent influencing factors of vitality strength of character among disabled elders included the age> 85, education levels with high school or above, being able to use smart products, high frequencies of social communication as well as high level of overall life satisfaction with statistical differences ( P<0.05) . Conclusions:Those protective factors under the direction of character strength theory can provide a theoretical basis for related departments to perfect health policies of disable elders and build health assessment system of the aged.
