Objective:To investigate the quality of life and its influencing factors of empty-nesters in Bengbu City of Anhui province to provide basis for improving the quality of life of empty-nesters and put forward relevant measures.Methods:A total of 186 empty-nesters over 60 years old in a community in Bengbu Citywere selected by simple random sampling method,and investigated using the the second version of the Health Status Questionnaire.Results:The total scores of physical health and psychological health of the empty-nesters were 42.90 and 47.54,respectively,which was low.The results of the single-factor analysis showed that the differences of total scores of physical health among empty-nesters with different ages,marital statuses,household annual incomes,and occupations were statistically significant(P＜0.05 to P＜0.01),and the differences of total scores of psychological health among empty-nesters with different marital statuses,educational levels and household annual incomes were statistically significant(P＜0.05 to P＜0.01).The results of multi-factor analysis showed that the young age and no partner were the independent protective factors of total physiological health score of empty-nesters(P＜0.01),and no partner,high education level and high annual family income were the independent protective factos of psychological health scores of empty-nesters(P＜0.01).Conclusions:The scores of physical and psychological health of empty-nesters are relatively low,so the quality of life of empty-nesters should be improved through various ways according to the influencing factors.
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空巢老人/心理健康/生命质量/生理健康
Key words
empty-nester/psychological health/quality of life/physical health
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