Investigation of self-rated health status and the influencing factors of the elderly in nursing home

VernacularTitle:养老机构老人自测健康状况及其影响因素调查
Author: Yinhua SU ; Gongxiang DUAN
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Nursing home; The elderly; Health
From: Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2009;25(23):6-9
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the self perceived health status of the eMerly in nursing home of Hengyang and analyze the related factors. Methods 200 elderly were investigated on their perceived health status by self- rated health measurement scale. Data were analyzed by statistical package for the social science (SPSS)13.0 version. Results Mean score of self- perceived health condition of the elderly was (231.79± 59.71 ),just 40.5% of them believed that their health status was at high level. There were significant differences in self-perceived health status between the elderly with different age, reason for admission, check-in time, self-care abihty, interests and the number of visits. There were no significant differences in self- perceived health status between the elderly with different genders, education, marriage status, occupation. Conclusions The health level of the elderly is low in Hengyang. Nurses should make full use of all the society strength to provide substance, psychological and social supports to impreve health level of the elderly.