Momtaz Yadollah Abolfathi, Vidouje Mahboube Mahdi, Foroughan Mahshid, Sahaf Robab, Laripour Reza
Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Malaysian Research Institute on Ageing (MyAgeing), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia.
Iran University of Medical Sciences, Medical Education Research Center, Tehran, Iran.
Clin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health. 2018 Nov 30;14:296-303. doi: 10.2174/1745017901814010296. eCollection 2018.
With the continuing growth of aged populations, it is imperative to find ways to maintain and improve the quality of life in old age. It has been documented that grandparents-grandchildren relationship is significantly contributed to quality of life of older adults. This study was conducted to identify the status and associated factors of grandparents-grandchildren relationship in a sample of Iran.
This cross-sectional study was conducted on 377 community dwelling older adults 60 years and over living in Kashan, Iran. A multistage proportional random sampling technique was applied to obtain the sample. The grandparent -grandchildren relationship was measured by a researcher-developed 16-item scale. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 23 and AMOS 23.
The mean age of the respondents was 70.42(SD = 8.20) years. About 62% of the respondents were female and 60.7% were married. The average score of grandparents-grandchild relationship was 67.60(SD = 12.47). The multiple linear regression analysis revealed a significant model (F = 19.05, < 0.001), where information communication technology of grandparents, geographical distance between grandparents and grandchildren, and the quality of relationship between grandparents and parents of grandchildren were the most important predictors of the grandparents-grandchildren relationship.
The findings from the current study showed that status of grandparents-grandchildren relationship is moderate to high and influenced by some factors. It is, therefore, suggested that policymakers pay more attention to strengthening grandparent-grandchild relationship by providing educational programs for families and encouraging the elderly to learn and use information communication technology.
随着老年人口的持续增长，找到维持和提高老年生活质量的方法势在必行。有文献记载，祖孙关系对老年人的生活质量有显著贡献。本研究旨在确定伊朗一个样本中祖孙关系的状况及相关因素。
本横断面研究对居住在伊朗卡尚的377名60岁及以上的社区老年人进行。采用多阶段比例随机抽样技术获取样本。祖孙关系通过研究者编制的16项量表进行测量。数据使用SPSS 23版和AMOS 23进行分析。
受访者的平均年龄为70.42岁（标准差 = 8.20）。约62%的受访者为女性，60.7%已婚。祖孙关系的平均得分为67.60（标准差 = 12.47）。多元线性回归分析显示模型显著（F = 19.05，P < 0.001），其中祖父母的信息通信技术、祖父母与孙子女之间的地理距离以及祖父母与孙子女父母之间的关系质量是祖孙关系最重要的预测因素。
本研究结果表明，祖孙关系状况处于中等至高程度，且受一些因素影响。因此，建议政策制定者通过为家庭提供教育项目并鼓励老年人学习和使用信息通信技术，更多地关注加强祖孙关系。
