Investigation subjective well-being and related factors of Chongqing elderly before they move into nursing home
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8348.2015.33.024
- VernacularTitle:重庆市某养老机构老人入住前幸福度与相关因素调查
- Author:
Yan XIE
;
Xiuli YU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
aged;
subjective well-being;
nursing home
- From:
Chongqing Medicine
2015;(33):4680-4682
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate elder′s subjective well‐being(SWB) before they move into nursing home ,so as to pro‐vide reference for personalized care plan .Methods Basic information scale ,Memorial University of Newfound land Scale of Happi‐ness(MUNSH) ,Activities of Daily Living (ADL) ,UCLA Loneliness Scale (UCLA) ,and Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depres‐sion Scale(CES‐D) were used to investigate 162 aged people .Results There was no significant difference in gender ,career ,educa‐tion background and pension(P> 0 .05) .In 71 and above age group ,the SWB was higher than in the 60 - 70 age group(P< 0 .05) and in marriage group ,it was higher than the divorced group and widowed group (P< 0 .05) .SWB was positively related to self‐care ability ,in completely normal group and decreased function group were also statistically higher than what in obvious function obsta ‐cle group(P< 0 .05) .The score of SWB was negatively correlated with loneliness and depression scores .In normal group ,it was higher than loneliness group(P< 0 .05) .As the depression score increased ,the score of SWB gradually decreased .Compared with the normal group ,SWB in depression group ,maybe depression group and critical group decreased markedly (P< 0 .05) .Conclusion Elders′ SWB is influenced by many factors .Besides providing life care ,more attention should pay to the mental health of old people , giving them personalized care .
