Macau Senior Citizen Life Style, Psychologically Healthy And Its Reciprocity Research

This research uses the old age depression meter (The Geriatric Depression Scale, GDS-15) to live conducts the questionnaire survey research in the Macau different area 462 elders, 60 year old of above senior citizen, masculine 130 people, feminine 332 people. Discovered after the investigation result that:1. Same age groups' senior citizens, live alone the female compares the male to be many, possibly are the feminine mean is higher than the male. In the health and the physical strength self-confident aspect, men's and women's result is approximately same, the proportion approaches. 82% senior citizen has the hospital inspection, approaches 93% senior citizen not to drink wine and smoke. 90% senior citizen indicated to eat regularly, nearly eats breakfast every day. The male compares the female to pay attention to the balance of their nutrition. 89% senior citizen expressed frequently plays any sports. Demonstrated the Macau senior citizen's life is orderly. Macau's senior citizen thought the mood good, quite happy, to the present life, economical satisfaction, and the family member, friend's relations is good.2. Is participating in the active aspect to investigate obviously, 57% senior citizen do not participate in volunteer activities, but has 81% senior citizen to participate in events of senior citizen's associations, indicated the senior citizen likes participation suits own activity. 89% senior citizens play sports.3. 60% senior citizen frequently and occasionally tumble, reflected the senior citizen needs the careful attention, because of tumbles the opportunity which is injured extremely high, moreover the senior citizen generally is restored to health the time is longer. 61.68% senior citizens frequently and sometimes feel dizziness, reflected the senior citizen generally has dizziness, explained the senior citizen wants to pay attention to own bodily condition.4. The Macau senior citizen's GDS-15 mean value is 4.2, the SD is 3.14. The GDS-15 total score investigation demonstrated that, 8.22% senior citizens assume seriously are depression; By the different sex comparison, finally indicated 7.69% male have seriously are depression; 8.43% females have the serious depression, demonstrated the feminine depression degree is slightly higher than the male. By the different age group comparison, discovered high age group compared to low age group's depression degree high, demonstrated 65 year old of above the senior citizen is higher than 65 year old of below depression degree, also extremely reveals.5. The GDS-15 total score is a dependent variable, carries on the gradually regression analysis, discovered the daily mood, the physical strength are self-confident, life satisfaction, the state of health, the participation in volunteer activities, factor and so on present movement and income has to the Macau elder's psychologically healthy - depression condition reveals the influence.