北京城区老年人心理健康状况及其相关因素分析

目的　调查北京城区老年人心理健康状况 ,分析其主要相关因素 ,并提出相应的改善措施。方法　对象为北京城区老年人 1 0 1 0例。采用自编老年心理健康问卷作为评定工具。结果　老年人心理健康总分存在显著的性别、教育水平和职业差异 ,年龄和婚姻差异不显著 ;健康满意度、生活满意度、经济满意度、夫妻关系满意度、亲子关系满意度、患病数、重大生活事件数与心理健康总分或分量表分相关显著 ;回归分析发现 ,健康满意度和教育水平对总分有显著影响。结论　北京城区老年人心理健康保持尚好 ,促进老年人身体健康和提高其教育水平将有助于改善其心理健康状况。

Mental Health of the Elderly in Beijing Urban Area and Analysis of Related Factors

Objective To explore the mental health of elderly in Beijing urban area and its related factors.Methods 1 010 old subjects from Beijing urban area were tested with mental health inventory for Chinese elderly.Results There was significant sex differences, educational level differences, vocation differences and no significant age differences and marriage differences in the total scores. High correlations were found between total or subscale scores and health satisfaction, life satisfaction, economy satisfaction, husband-wife relationship, parents-children relationship, numbers of diseases and critical life events. It was further revealed with stepwise regression analysis that health satisfaction and education had significant effects on the total score.Conclusions There was no significant decline with aging in mental health of the elderly. Intervention for increasing health and education may improve the older people's mental health.