School of Humanities and Management, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Front Public Health. 2020 Dec 2;8:507785. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.507785. eCollection 2020.
The number of families who lost their only child was over one million in 2012 in China, and it is growing rapidly every year. Without their only child, they will inevitably worry about their health and life for their later years. It is important to explore the quality of life and influencing factors of the parents. The cluster sampling method was adopted to select the participants in Wuhu city, Anhui province, central China. The generalized linear regression models were performed to analyze factors influencing EQ-VAS scores. The parents with different monthly income ( = 0.001) and self-rated health status ( < 0.001) had different EQ-VAS scores. Educational level, self-rated health status, number of chronic diseases, depression and having grandchildren were significantly associated with their EQ-VAS score. The government should encourage public medical institutions to provide convenient health management and medical services to this vulnerable group. Priority treatment should be given to the parents who already have multiple diseases. The parents who were depressed should be given timely intervention. The government should give more financial subsidies to the parents who need to raise their grandchildren.
2012 年中国失去独生子女的家庭超过 100 万户，且每年都在快速增长。没有独生子女，他们晚年的健康和生活难免会让人担忧。因此，探讨父母的生活质量及其影响因素很重要。
本研究采用整群抽样的方法，选取安徽省芜湖市的研究对象。采用广义线性回归模型分析影响 EQ-VAS 评分的因素。不同月收入（ = 0.001）和自评健康状况（ < 0.001）的父母 EQ-VAS 评分不同。文化程度、自评健康状况、患慢性病数量、抑郁状况和是否有孙辈与 EQ-VAS 评分显著相关。
政府应鼓励公立医疗机构为这一弱势群体提供便捷的健康管理和医疗服务。应优先考虑已经患有多种疾病的父母。对于有抑郁状况的父母，应及时进行干预。对于需要抚养孙辈的父母，政府应给予更多的财政补贴。
