The current situation of successful aging and analysis of its related factors among widowed elderly / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To understand the current situation and influencing factors of successful aging in widowed elderly.Methods:From May to October 2019, 225 widowed elderly people were investigated by questionnaire in 7 communities and 5 villages in Shandong Province. The Successful Aging Scale of the Flood was used to assess their successful aging status. The general data sheet, Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support(MSPSS), Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) and Mini Mental State Examination(MMSE) were used to measure its influencing factors.Results:The successful aging score of the widowed elderly was 46.22 ± 9.49. The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed that the influencing factors of the successful aging of the widowed elderly were: social activity participation, household registration, consciously successful aging status, psychological resilience, MMSE—attention and computing power, perceived social support—other people, leisure physical activity, which can explain a total of 70.7% of the regression equation.Conclusions:The successful aging status of widowed old people is at a low level, and its influencing factors have both common factors and specific characteristics compared with those with spouses. In particular, more attention should be paid to "participation in social activities", and the widowed old people should be actively encouraged to participate and improve their successful aging.