Establishment of social support network of chronic disease elderly and effect analysis / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the Chengdu municipal social support network of chronic disease elderly to provide refer-ence for systematically building and perfecting the pension system of urban community chronic disease elderly.Methods The self-designed questionnaire and convenience sampling method were adopted to perform the investigation on 234 aged patients with chro-nic disease from Chengdu City.Results The prevalence rates of one,two,three or more chronic diseases were 56.84%,27.78%and 15.38% respectively.The demands for economic,care and spiritual support in the elderly patients with chronic disease were 66.70%,50.00% and 78.20% respectively.The education degree,fixed monthly income,monthly average cost of disease,number and time of suffering from chronic diseases affected the demands for social support.The economic,care and social support degrees were(3.72 ± 1.37),(3.90 ± 1.19)and(3.64 ± 1.08)point respectively.Level of education,marital status,fixed income,duration of illness,and cost of illness affected the social support degree.The economic and care support mainly came from the spouses and chil-dren,but the spiritual support not only came from the inside family,but also the part came from the outside family.Conclusion Constructing a perfect social support network with multiple approaches of community and family is conducive to improve the quality of life in chronic disease elderly.