@#ObjectiveTo investigate the
anxiety and its interrelated factors of
elderly outpatients. MethodsZung
self-rating
anxiety scale was used to evaluate 971
elderly outpatients, the scores between different
sex, age, degree of
education, etc. were compared. ResultsThe scores may become significantly different with the
patients'
sex, age, degree of
education,
satisfaction in regards to medical service and recognition of the
disease(P<0.05).ConclusionFactors such as
sex, age, degree of
education,
satisfaction of medical service, etc, deeply
affect the
anxiety in
elderly outpatients.