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ObjectiveTo understand the quality of life and influencing factors of elderly person in agedcare at home.MethodsThe elderly person in aged-care at home in 3 towns and a street of Shanghai Minhang District were enrolled by stratified cluster sampling.To investigate quality of life for elderly person by adopting SF-36 form.Meanwhile,to find out the principal influencing factors on quality of life by adopting both single-factor and multiple-factor analysis.ResultsThe score of life quality of senior citizen in local was as following:43.63 ± 30.04 (Physical Function),55.57 ± 48.96 (Role Physical),81.75 ± 20.49 (Bodily Pain),42.07 ± 18.84 ( General Health),58.57 ± 18.96 (Vitality),66.94 ± 26.79 ( Social Function),73.33 ± 43.33 ( Role Emotional),70.92 ± 19.02 ( Mental Health),61.60 ± 21.06 ( Weighted average).There were two aspects of the factors that influencing elderly persons'the quality of life:disease-related (coronary heart disease,cerebrovascular accident) and non-disease-related ( whether to go out for a walk every day,loneliness,living space,gender and on the current life satisfaction etc).ConclusionQuality of life of elderly person in aged-care at home is relatively low,special in the general health and physical function dimensions.The controllable factors are diseases,whether to go out for a walk every day,loneliness,on the current life satisfaction etc.
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Objective To understand the life quality of elderly person in communities, nursing homes and elderly wards, and to find out the related influencing factors for providing references for policy-makers to improve the life quality of the elderly. Methods The senior citizens in 9 communities, 3 villages, 12 nursing homes and 5 elderly wards in Shanghai Minhang District were enrolled by stratified cluster sampling. And the life quality and its influential factors among the inhabitants in communities, nursing homes and elderly wards were compared by adopting Short-Form 36 (SF-36) questionnaire. Results Regarding to the life qualities of senior citizens, community showed that physical functioning was (71. 9 ± 23. 3)scores, role physical was (73. 6 ± 43. 0) scores, bodily pain was (80. 2±20. 3)scores, general health was (53. 2± 19. 1)scores, vitality was (70. 4± 15. 7)scores, social function was ( 83. 8 ± 20. 2) scores, role emotional was ( 81. 1 ± 37. 2 ) scores, mental health was (78. 1 ± 15. 4) scores, weighted average was (74. 1 ± 17. 5) scores. Nursing home showed that physical functioning was (42. 1 ±30. 7) scores, role physical was (57. 9 ±48. 1) scores, bodily pain was (78.0±23.0)scores, general health was (50. 2± 19. 5)scores, vitality was (66. 0± 19. 5)scores, social function was (70. 8 ± 26. 3) scores, role emotional was (66. 8 ± 45. 7) scores, mental health was (73. 6 ± 19. 6) scores, weighted average was (63. 2 ± 21. 0) scores. Elderly ward showed that physical functioning was (20. 4 ± 26. 0) scores, role physical was (36. 1 ± 47. 0) scores, bodily pain was (65. 4±29. 5)scores, general health was (43. 1±17. 1)scores, vitality was (59. 0± 18. 0)scores, social function was (57. 9 ± 25. 3) scores, role emotional was (49. 5 ± 48. 7) scores, mental health was (66. 2 ± 18. 3) scores, weighted average was (49. 7 ±18. 3) scores. The major influential factors on the life quality were gender, education, marriage, profession, age, disease, residence, entertainment, physical exercise for community; Age, disease, residence, entertainment, physical exercise for nursing home; Age, etc for elderly ward. Conclusions The influences of demographic factors on life quality of the senior citizens in communities are more significant than in nursing home and elderly wards. Variations on the degree of satisfaction (in residence, entertainment, health care and transportation) and the situation of physical exercise have made vast difference in the life quality of the senior citizens both in communities and nursing homes.