Quality Of Life And Its Influencing Factors Among Middle And Old Aged Residents In Rural Anqing

Objective: To investigate the middle-aged and elder rural residents'quality of life and its influencing factors, and establish SF - 36 scale health normal value of the target population, enhance the quality of life in target population through.Methods: A survey was made among the people of Anqing region, using the multistage random cluster sampling. Firstly, the county of Wangjiang and Zongyang were selected. Secondly, six or seven towns of each county were selected. Thirdly, permanent residents of each incorporated village of the towns, aged 45 and over, excluding serious mental problems and hearing disorders. Investigation was conducted with support and assistance from local government. Epidata3.1 was used for database establishing, data entry and check, SPSS13.0 packages was for statistical analysis.Result: 1. The difference of the quality of life in different gender, age groups, education levels, occupation, and marital status of the middle-aged and elderly people was statistically significant. The male scored higher than the female in all dimensions of quality of life, the diversity in each dimension was statistically significant. In study population, life quality score decreases with age, and increases with cultural degrees in all dimensions but"emotional functions (RE)". In analysis of variance, difference of scores in different groups was statistically significant. The married and non-agricultural population had a higher and significant quality of life score, compared to those who lived alone or were agricultural population. 2. Multivariate linear regression analysis indicated that the middle-aged and elderly rural residents'quality of life and PCS may be sex, marital status, occupation and age. Education level did not enter regression model, but the single factor analysis results showed that the quality of life score is significantly higher in higher than lower education level. The influencing factors of mental health score (MCS) was sex, occupation, and marital status, age and education level did not enter regression model.Conclusion: There are various factors influencing the middle-aged and elderly rural residents'quality of life, thus making the improvement of the quality of life a systematic project. The specific measures include perfecting the new type of rural cooperative medical care system, establishing and improving the rural public health service system, preventing and controlling chronic non-communicable diseases, improving mental health status in older adults, females'family status, aid and care for elderly people, and popularizing health knowledge among target population.