Based on empirical research: a preliminary study on application of the social aging scale for healthy people / 中南大学学报(医学版)

ABSTRACT

Objective:To build a social aging scale for healthy people,and get the accuracy and feasibility of the scale to judge the aging of healthy people on the basis of the empirical research.Methods:Stratified random sampling was conducted according to the nine different age groups,and the age-related social function information was collected for healthy people by using the scale,which was made in our own plant;the distribution of the score,the correlations between the score and age or telomere length were analyzed by statistical software.Results:A total of 2 297 subjects were collected for the analysis.The ratio of male to female was 0.81.Social function of aging score was in the range of 3.00-12.90;aging score of personal ability was in the range of 1.00-4.45;aging score of social participation was in the range of 1.00-4.52;and aging score of organizational communication was in the range of 1.00-5.00.The correlation coefficient of aging scores with age was 0.696 (P＜0.001).The result of telomere length showed that the relative telomere length was 1.056±0.261.The telomere length in different groups were significantly different (F=35.803,P＜0.001).The telomere length was negatively correlated with aging (r=-0.964,P＜0.001) and social function of aging (r=-0.857,P＜0.001),respectively.Conclusion:The scores of age-related social function,personal ability,social participation,and organizational communication are increased with age.The telomere length is negatively correlated to aging score.The scale is applicable to measure social function of aging,which can provide reference for evaluation of the comprehensive of aging.