Anxiety and Related Factors of Elderly Outpatients
- VernacularTitle:老年门诊患者焦虑状况调查及影响因素分析
- Author:
Xi-yun GUO
;
Ying-chen LIU
;
Li-ming ZHAO
;
Suqin REN
;
Xiaoqing JIA
;
Qu KONG
;
Meiling ZHOU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
anxiety, the elderly, outpatient
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2006;12(5):457-458
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
ObjectiveTo investigate the anxiety and its interrelated factors of elderly outpatients. MethodsZung self-rating anxiety scale was used to evaluate 971 elderly outpatients, the scores between different sex, age, degree of education, etc. were compared. ResultsThe scores may become significantly different with the patients' sex, age, degree of education, satisfaction in regards to medical service and recognition of the disease(P<0.05).ConclusionFactors such as sex, age, degree of education, satisfaction of medical service, etc, deeply affect the anxiety in elderly outpatients.
