Influencing Factors of Aloneness among Middle-aged and Elderly / 中国医科大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To understand the current status of aloneness and analyze the influencing factors,and to provide reference to improve the aloneness among middle?aged and elderly. Methods A total of 994 middle?aged and elderly in Donggang sampled by stratified random sampling method were investigated by UCLA scale. The influencing factors were assessed by t?test and one?way ANOVA. The data were analyzed by SPSS 16.0. Results The average score of UCLA scale among middle?aged and elderly was 41.54 ± 8.91. The results indicated whether living with their children,alcohol drinking,quality of sleep,history of trauma,psychological counseling,monthly income,chronic disease and physical training were the influencing factors of aloneness among middle?aged and elderly,and the differences were statistically significant(P<0.05). Conclusion The aloneness was obvious among middle?aged and elderly in China. Health interventions and effective social support should be provided to improve the physiological,psychological and economic levels that will lead to important influence on the improvement of aloneness among middle?aged and elder?ly in China.