生活事件对空巢老年人生活质量影响

目的探讨日常生活事件对空巢老年人生活质量的影响。方法在贵州省贵阳市城区采用整群抽样方法,用修改后的健康调查简表(SF-36)和生活事件量表(LES)对867名空巢老年人进行调查。应用SPSS 13.0软件进行统计学分析。结果生活负性事件与生活质量呈负相关(r=-0.392,P<0.05);配偶同住组、相对空巢组和独居组、绝对空巢组的生活质量及生活负性事件比较,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。影响生活质量的前4位生活负性事件依次为经济困难、子女就业困难、本人重病和无子女探望,其对生活质量影响的差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。结论空巢老年人生活负性事件影响其生活质量;配偶同住者、相对空巢者生活质量高于独居者、绝对空巢者;经济困难位居生活负性事件的首位。

Analysis on correlation between SF-36 scale and LES scale of elder with empty nest in Guiyang

ObjectiveTo study the relation between the life events and the quality of life among elders with empty nest in Guiyang city.MethodsUsing cluster sample method the MOS item short from health survey(SF236)and modified life event scale(LES)were used to investigate 867 elders≥60 years old living apart from their children in Guiyang city.Spss 1310 software was used for statistical analysis.ResultsThe negative life events and the quality of life showed a negative correlation(r=-0.392,P<0.05).There were differences with statistic significance between the group of living together with the spouse and living single,the group of the relative empty nest and the absolute empty nest(P<0.05).The economic difficulty,employment difficulties of posterity,serious diseases and the ignore of posterity had effects on the quality of life of the subjects.ConclusionThe quality of life of elder living with empty nest is influenced by negative life events.The quality of life of the elder living together with the spouse is higher than that of living single.The economic difficulty is the head of the negative life events.