Relationship between serf-efficacy and subjective well-being of the elderly in community / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the relationship between self-efficacy(SE)and subjective wellbeing(SWB)of the elderly in community.Methods 212 elderly people underwent a questionnaire survey by the Memorial University of New Foundland Scale of Happiness and the General Self-efflcacy Scale.Results The level of self-efficacy of the elderly in community was(2.39±0.63),of which impact factor was the level of education and average monthly income per person.The level of SWB was(37.31±7.24),of which impact factor was the level of education and occupation.The level of SE and SWB of the elderly sas mdderately positively correhted,r=0.36,P＜0.01. Conclusions In the practice of community care services,community nurses should take SE theory as a framework and to improve SWB by a vailety of nursing measures.