The comparation on living quality of the empty nest elderly and the non-empty-nest old people in rural area of Guizhou Province / 预防医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To survey the living quality of the rural empty nest elderly in Guizhou Province,and to provide basic information for further study of how to improve the living conditions of empty nest elderly.Method Using Multi -stage stratified cluster sampling method to extract the 30 villages,which respectively surveyed 10 to 15 people of the elderly subjects who aged over 60,A self-designed questionnaire was used to investigate and collected the relevant's information, the living condition of the empty nest elderly and the non-empty-nest old people was compared,and the related factors which might affect the living quality of the empty nest elderly was analysed.Results Finally 341 rural elderly were recruited,of which empty nest elderly accounted for 63. 05%,In the survey of empty nest elderly,only 22. 33%consider themselves healthy,Lower than the non -empty -nest old people's proportion of 38. 89% (P <0. 05 ).The ratio of children visitation,comfortably fixed for money,and children given pocket money were 85. 58% and 66. 98% and 39. 53%,lower than the non-empty-nest old people 96. 03%and 75. 40%and 55. 56%(P<0. 05);the ratio of timely medical treatment and loneliness among empty-nest old people were 58. 14%and 47. 91%,higher than the non-empty-nest old people were 44. 44% and 35. 71%(P<0. 05).Conclusion The perceived health status among the empty nest elderly in rural area of Guizhou Province was generally poor.The empty nest elderly needed more life care,medical security and emotional assistance.