Investigation of the state of health and family function of the elderly in the pension institutions and its relativity analysis / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To know about the state of the elderly' health and their family function and their relationship in the pension institutions so as to provide the basis of promoting the eldedy' health status for the nurses in the pension institutions.Methods Two hundred and sixty elderly were investigated according to their perceived health status and family function with self-rated health measurement scale and APGER in the pension institutions in Hengyang city,and data were analyzed.Results The average selfrated health score of the elderly in pension institutions was (243.95±64.13),accounted for 55.44% of the total.The score of family function was (5.64±2.57),accounted for 56.40% of the total.The score of dimensions of family function was positively correlated with the total score of self-rated health score,mental health and social health.Conclusions The total score of self-rated health score of the elderly in pension institutions is a little lower.A majority of the elderly has different levels of family function disorder,the effect of family function on the elderly' s mental health and social health is bigger than that of the elderly' s physical health.