The current situation and influencing factors of the self-transcendence of the elderly People in Taiyuan city / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the current situation and influencing factors of self-transcendence among the elderly people and provide the theoretical basis to improve the elderly people's self-transcendence level.Methods Totally 300 elderly people were recruited by convenience sampling from two communities in Taiyuan.They were investigated by questionnaires.Results The total score of self-transcendence was (43.83±7.29).Single factor analysis of variance and nonparametric test showed that the influencing factors of elderly people's self-transcendence level were education background,occupation before retirement,economic status,characteristics,the frequency of group activity,and the experience of significant events.Multiple linear stepwise regression analysis showed that the education background and personality characteristics were the main influencing factors on the elderly people's self-transcendence.Conclusions Elderly people's family members,health care workers,and other social workers should pay high attention to the elderly people's self-transcendence level,take measures to increase their self-transcendence level and stimulate the elderly people's enthusiasm of self-management according to the influencing factors,so as to improve the elderly people's life quality,extend the healthy life expectancy,and finally achieve the whole healthy aging.