留守老年人孤独状况及影响因素分析

目的 了解留守老年人孤独现状及影响因素.方法 采用整群抽样法在安徽省全椒县抽取一个街道和一个行政村实足年龄60岁～留守老年人412人.采用自编调查问卷进行人户调查.结果 留守老年人孤独评分平均为(42.84±8.76)分;单因素分析留守老年人孤独感与睡眠状况、家庭功能、社会支持、自评健康等呈相关关系.多元逐步回归分析结果表明,主观支持、起居困难程度、家庭功能、睡眠情况等变量对孤独感呈显著性相关(P<0.05).结论 心理社会因素和生理状况影响留守老年人的孤独感.

Status and its determinants of loneliness in empty-nest elderly

Objective To describe the loneliness among the elderly in empty-nest family and determine its influencing factor. Methods Four hundred and twelve elderly people aged 60 years or older in empty-nest family were selected with clustering method and surveyed with the UCLA Loneliness Scale, the Social Support Rate Scale and the Family APGAR (a-daptability,partnership,growth,affection,and decision) index. Results The mean score of loneliness was 42. 84(SD= 8. 76). In univariate analysis, quality of sleep, social support, family functioning, and self evaluated health had significant re-lationship with the loneliness. The results of stepwise multiple regression found that subjective support, difficult in activities of daily life, family functioning, quality of sleep were the significant predicting variables of loneliness. Conclusion Social spport,family functioning,difficult in activities of daily life and quality of sleep are four important factors effecting feeling of loneliness in the empty-nest elderly