School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Meishan Road 81, Hefei City, Anhui Province, China,
Environ Health Prev Med. 2013 Nov;18(6):458-65. doi: 10.1007/s12199-013-0342-x. Epub 2013 May 23.
The aim of this study was to clarify the actual state of retired workers' lifestyles and quality of life (QOL) in a medium-sized city of Northeastern China and to assess the relationship between these according to differences between gender groups.
The Chinese version of the Health Promotion Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP-II), the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF), and demographic variables were used to measure 343 (aged 50-79 years) retired workers' lifestyles and QOL. The results were analyzed using the t test, one-way analysis of variance, correlation analysis, and multiple linear regression analysis.
Among the six lifestyle subscales of HPLP-II, the highest mean score was for Interpersonal Relations (IR) and the lowest was for Health Responsibility (HR), which has not been reported previously. The youngest group (50-60 years) had higher scores for lifestyles and QOL than the other age groups. When the results were analyzed based on financial situation, the lowest income group (below ¥2000) had the poorest scores. Analysis according to gender group revealed different tendencies for the scores of lifestyle and QOL, as well as in the multiple regression analysis between variables.
Our results suggest that an effective approach to maintain a desirable lifestyle and QOL for retired workers at the regional level would be to introduce daily activities to improve HR and to maintain and enhance social support for the low-income populations. Further research is needed to understand the complex causal pathways between regional health and welfare factors, health behavior, and QOL.
本研究旨在阐明中国东北地区中型城市退休工人的生活方式和生活质量（QOL）的实际状况，并根据性别群体的差异评估这些因素之间的关系。
采用健康促进生活方式量表 II（HPLP-II）中文版、世界卫生组织生活质量简表（WHOQOL-BREF）和人口统计学变量，对 343 名（50-79 岁）退休工人的生活方式和 QOL 进行了测量。采用 t 检验、单因素方差分析、相关分析和多元线性回归分析对结果进行了分析。
在 HPLP-II 的六个生活方式分量表中，人际关系（IR）的平均分最高，健康责任（HR）的平均分最低，这是以前没有报道过的。年龄最小的组（50-60 岁）的生活方式和 QOL 评分高于其他年龄组。根据财务状况进行分析时，收入最低的组（低于 ¥2000）的评分最低。根据性别群体进行分析，生活方式和 QOL 的评分趋势不同，而且在变量之间的多元回归分析中也是如此。
我们的研究结果表明，在区域层面上，引入提高健康责任感和维持和增强社会支持的日常活动，是保持退休工人理想生活方式和 QOL 的有效方法。需要进一步研究来了解区域健康和福利因素、健康行为和 QOL 之间复杂的因果关系。
