A Study On The Relationship Between Happiness, Cognitive Function And Physical Exercise In Urban Old People In Southern Jiangsu Province

Happiness is a positive mentation which has three characters with high levels of life satisfaction, high levels of positive emotions and low levels of negative emotions.Cognitive function refers to the various aspects of the brain’s mental or intellectual activities, such as perception, memory, language, abstract thinking, etc., which could consider as acceptance, memory and learning, cogitation, expression and other functions, reflecting the functional status of the brain,it reflects the functional status of the brain.The research shows that the elderly people who are often involved in physical exercise have been improved in happiness and cognitive function to some extent, which contribute to the development of physical and mental health of the elderly.However, as the connections among the physical exercise, the elderly happiness and the lack of cognitive function do not have abundant and credible demonstrations, which may restrict the aged to make choice on measures of physical exercise to maintain their happiness level.This study which is based on existing research results and practice is under the control of demographic variables to explore the physical exercise on elderly happiness and cognitive function.Introducing stratified random sampling method to select1500people aged60or older from three cities (Nanjing Changzhou Suzhou), we use physical activity rating scale,happiness,index-overall sentiment Scale, Mini Mental Mental State Examination (MMSE) and demographic questionnaire of making self to survey. The data were analyzed by ANOVA and Stepwise regression analysis through Stepwise regression analysis SPSS17.0software to explore the the relationship among the Physical exercise, elderly happiness and cognitive function.We found the following results:(1) Demographic variables:There are significant differences between the three cities happiness elderly; The joint role of demographic variables have a significant impact on the elderly happiness(2) Under the control of demographic variables, the amount of physical activity has a significant impact on the well-being of older persons in urban areas in southern Jiangs,there is a positive correlation within a certain range between the amount of physical activity and well-being of the elderly, and the well-being of the elderly increases with the amount of physical activity improved.。(3) Demographic variables:different health status, different ages of the elderly have a significant impact on cognitive function;The joint role of demographic variables have a significant impact on cognitive function in the elderly;(4) Under the control of demographic variables, the amount of physical exercise has a significant impact on the old people in the cities of southern Jiangsu, and there was a positive correlation between them,As the amount of physical exercise increased in a certain range, the cognitive function of the aged will improve to some extent.