老年人健康行为与心理健康关系的调查

Investigation of relationship between health behavior and mental health in the elderly

目的探讨老年人的健康行为与心理健康之间的关系。方法采用候玉波等编制的健康行为量表和症状自评量表(SCL-90)对300名老年人进行测试,并进行相关分析。结果不同年龄和文化程度老年人在健康行为与心理健康方面有显著性差异(P<0.05);参与活动与心理健康水平呈显著正相关(P<0.05);心理应激、不良生活习惯与心理健康呈显著负相关(P<0.05)。结论积极参与各项活动、减少各种心理应激和建立良好的生活习惯有利于提高老年人的心理健康水平。

Objective To evaluate the relationship between health behavior and mental health in aged people. Methods 300 aged people were tested using Symptom Checklist 90 （SCL-90）and health behavior measuring scale edited by HOU Yu-Bo et al to analyze correlation factors. Results There was significant difference between health behavior and mental health among different ages and education level in aged people （ P 〈 0.05）. Participation in activities had significant positive correlation to mental health （ P 〈 0.05 ） ; psychological stress, or bad living habits had significant negative correlation to mental health （P 〈 0.05）. Conclusions The active participation in activities, psychological stress reduction and healthy living habits establishing could help to enhance the mental health level of aged people.