Sie-Long Cheung, Research group Healthy Ageing Allied Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Petrus Driessenstraat 3, 9714 CA Groningen, The Netherlands, Email:
J Frailty Aging. 2023;12(3):221-230. doi: 10.14283/jfa.2022.27.
Global migration has increased in the past century, and aging in a foreign country is relevant to the Chinese diaspora.
With regard to migration, this study focuses on the places of aging as the context of older Chinese adults. This study aimed to describe the general health and wellbeing of this population with respect to their location.
This study has a cross sectional design.
Participants were recruited who were "aging in place" from Tianjin, China (199 participants), and "aging out of place" from the Netherlands (134 participants). Data from April to May 2019 in China and November 2018 to March 2019 in the Netherlands were aggregated.
frailty, QoL and loneliness were used in both samples.
T-tests and regression analyses demonstrated that social domains of frailty and QoL, as well as loneliness and frailty prevalence characterized the major differences between both places of aging. A correlation analysis and visual correlation network revealed that frailty, quality of life (QoL), and loneliness were more closely related in the aging out of place sample. Social domains of frailty and QoL, as well as the prevalence of loneliness and frailty, characterized the major differences between both places of aging.
The findings indicate that frailty, QoL, and loneliness have a complex relationship, confirming that loneliness is a major detriment to the general wellbeing of older Chinese adults aging out of place. This study examined the places of aging of the larger Chinese population and allows a comprehensive understanding of health and wellbeing. The social components, especially loneliness, among the aging out of place Chinese community should receive more attention practice and clinical wise. On the other hand, frailty as well as its prevention is of more importance for the Chinese community aging in place.
在过去的一个世纪里，全球移民有所增加，在国外老龄化与华人散居有关。
就移民而言，本研究侧重于老年人的居住地，作为中国老年人的背景。本研究旨在根据其所在地描述该人群的总体健康和福祉状况。
本研究采用横断面设计。
从中国天津（199 名参与者）和荷兰（134 名参与者）招募了“原地老龄化”的参与者，并从荷兰招募了“异地老龄化”的参与者。汇总了 2019 年 4 月至 5 月在中国和 2018 年 11 月至 2019 年 3 月在荷兰的数据。
在两个样本中均使用脆弱性、生活质量和孤独感。
t 检验和回归分析表明，社会领域的脆弱性和生活质量以及孤独感和脆弱性的流行率是两种不同的老龄化方式之间的主要差异。相关性分析和直观的相关网络表明，在异地老龄化样本中，脆弱性、生活质量（QoL）和孤独感之间的关系更为密切。社会领域的脆弱性和生活质量以及孤独感和脆弱性的流行率是两种不同的老龄化方式之间的主要差异。
研究结果表明，脆弱性、生活质量和孤独感之间存在复杂的关系，这证实了孤独感是异地老龄化的中国老年人整体幸福感的主要障碍。本研究检查了更大的中国人口的老龄化地点，并允许对健康和幸福感进行全面了解。异地老龄化的中国社区中的社会因素，特别是孤独感，应该在实践和临床方面得到更多关注。另一方面，脆弱性及其预防对原地老龄化的中国社区更为重要。
