Xu T, Ou Q
Guangdong Provincial Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Guangzhou.
Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 1998 Feb;19(1):9-11.
In order to investigate the quality of life in 1008 cases of elderly people living in rural areas, Kaipin and Boluo counties in Guangdong Province. Data was collected by cluster stratification and random selection, 96.64% of them were independently managing their activities of daily life with 78.08% lived by themselves. In a self-evaluation questionnaire on health status, 36.31% perceived good, 52.8% moderate and 10.42% bad with 56.05% having had history of chronic illnesses. Arthritis and chronic headache, appeared to take the first and second place 38.8% showed satisfaction about the current medical condition with, 45.7% moderate and 9.1% un-satisfaction. 23.81% of them felt the degree of satisfaction to their life was good, 65.97% moderate and 9.82% poor. Since the proportion of elderly in the rural areas was big, and most elderly could manage their lives in late years because they had engaged in physical labor in the past, the general health condition was bad which led to poor quality of life. It is suggested that more medical care be provided to elderly living in the countryside to improve their quality of life.
为调查广东省开平市和博罗县1008例农村老年人的生活质量。采用整群分层随机抽样收集资料，其中96.64%的老年人日常生活能够自理，78.08%的老年人独自生活。在一份关于健康状况的自评问卷中，36.31%的老年人认为健康状况良好，52.8%认为一般，10.42%认为较差，56.05%的老年人有慢性病病史。关节炎和慢性头痛分别位居第一、二位。38.8%的老年人对当前医疗状况表示满意，45.7%表示一般，9.1%表示不满意。23.81%的老年人对生活的满意度较高，65.97%表示一般，9.82%表示较差。由于农村老年人口比例较大，且多数老年人因过去从事体力劳动，晚年能够自理生活，但总体健康状况较差，导致生活质量不高。建议为农村老年人提供更多医疗服务，以提高他们的生活质量。
