A Research On Health Level Of The Elderly And Its Influencing Factors

National Aging Working Committee Office issued the "China's population aging trend forecast research report" shows that 2001-2020 is China's rapid aging stage,the average annual growth rate can reach 3.28%,and population over 60 years old will reach 248 million by 2020.In response to aging,the World Health Organization(WHO)has put forward the "healthy aging" and "positive aging" slogan.But to achieve healthy aging and active aging,we need to systematically understand the health status of the elderly,in-depth study of its influencing factors,and then put forward targeted measures to promote the health of the elderly.This study uses the 2014 China family planning family to track the survey data to analyze the health status of the elderly from two aspects: physical health and mental health.On this basis,Binary Logistic regression and multivariate Ordinal Logistic regression were used to study the self-care ability of the elderly,the prevalence of chronic diseases and the degree of depression.The results showed that: Firstly,the physical health of the elderly in our country as a whole is not ideal,nearly half of the elderly life can not be completely self;60% of the elderly suffering from chronic diseases,and the incidence of chronic diseases in the first three times followed by high blood pressure,arthritis and heart disease.Elderly scores of depression score of 4.6 points,between very mild depression and mild depression.Secondly,factors that affect the health of the elderly are extremely broad,both sex,age and other demographic factors,but also socio-economic factors,family and lifestyle factors and disease and health services factors.Thirdly,physical health and mental health are closely related,suffering from chronic diseases and life can not be completely self-care of the elderly the possibility of depression.Fourthly,Ordinal Logistic regression showed that eight variables,such as age,educational level,the nature of residence,individual annual income,whether to live with their loved ones,children's contact frequency,self-care ability and illness status,have a significant effect on depression in the elderly.On this basis,it is put forward that we should attach great importance to the health status of the elderly women,pay attention to mental health,encourage the elderly to actively participate in social and other recommendations.