Potential categories and influencing factors of attitudes to aging among the elderly in nursing homes
10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20250109-00147
- VernacularTitle:养老机构高龄老年人老化态度的潜在类别及影响因素分析
- Author:
Yiling LIU
1
;
Annuo LIU
1
;
Liyuan JIA
1
;
Lulu ZHANG
1
;
Xiaohan MAO
1
;
Yuqin JIANG
1
Author Information
1. 安徽医科大学护理学院，合肥 230032
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Aged;
Advanced age;
Nursing home;
Attitudes to aging;
Latent profile analysis;
Influencing factor
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2025;31(26):3534-3541
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To explore the potential categories and influencing factors of attitudes to aging among the elderly in nursing homes.Methods:Convenience sampling was used to select elderly from 15 nursing homes in Anhui Province from March to July 2024 for the study. The survey was conducted using the General Information Questionnaire, Attitudes to Ageing Questionnaire, Belongingness Scale for Older Adults in Nursing Facilities, and the Lubben Social Network Scale. Mplus 8.3 was used to conduct a latent profile analysis, and multivariate Logistic regression was employed to explore the factors influencing the latent categories of attitudes toward aging among the elderly in nursing facilities.Results:A total of 370 questionnaires were distributed, and 366 valid questionnaires were recovered, with an effective recovery rate of 98.9%. The attitudes to aging of 366 elderly of nursing facilities were expressed in three potential categories, namely, negative-perceived type (48.6%), moderate-low psychosocial loss type (35.0%), and positive and optimistic-comprehensive type (16.4%). Multicategorical Logistic regression analysis showed that the number of children, location of the nursing home, educational level, self-rating health, belongingness to the nursing home, and social network were the influencing factors of the potential categories of attitudes to aging among the elderly in the nursing home, and the difference was statistically significant ( P<0.05) . Conclusions:There is group heterogeneity in the attitudes to aging among the elderly in nursing homes. Healthcare professionals should focus on negative-perceived elderly and provide targeted interventions based on the potential categories of factors influencing their attitudes to aging.
