Mental health is the most important factor influencing quality of life in elderly left behind when families migrate out of rural China

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Jian-fei Xie¹  Si-qing Ding¹  Zhu-qing Zhong¹  Qi-feng Yi¹  Sai-nan Zeng¹  Jun-hua Hu¹  Jian-da Zhou¹ 

关键词: Quality of Life;    Rural Health;    Aged;    Mental Health;    Qualidade de Vida;    Saúde da População Rural;    Idoso;    Saúde Mental;    Calidad de Vida;    Salud Rural;    Anciano;    Salud Mental;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0104-1169.3400.2425

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVES: to investigate the quality of life and the associated factors on left behind elderly in rural China.METHOD: the research was conducted cluster sampling to select 456 elderly left behind when family members migrated out of rural China to participate in a cross-sectional study by completing a general data questionnaire and Quality of Life questionnaire.RESULTS: 91.5% of the elderly requested psychological counseling and education. For the elderly, scores for mental health (39.56±13.73) were significantly lower compared with Chinese standard data (61.6±13.7) (P<0.001). Age, chronic disease type, gender, residence pattern and economic support from children were the main psychological factors influencing this population.CONCLUSION: mental health is the most important factor influencing quality of life of elderly left behind when family members migrated out of rural China. Our study suggested a need to widely establish a general practitioner team for psychological intervention for improving rural elderly people's Quality of Life level, especially in the psychological domain.

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