广州市老年活动中心部分老年人基本健康行为调查研究

Survey on Basic Health Behavior of Some Elderly People in Guangzhou City Recreation Hall for the Elderly

目的了解广州市社区老年人基本健康行为的实施现状,为改善老年人健康行为、健康老龄化提供依据。方法方便抽取广州市4个城区老年活动中心60岁及以上的老年人421人为研究对象。采用自编基本健康行为问卷和领悟社会支持问卷进行调查,回收有效问卷379份。结果老年人实施(6.1±1.5)项基本健康行为,女性实施基本健康行为较男性好,小学程度的老年人实施的项目数较其他受教育程度者少。老年人实施基本健康行为数与家庭内帮助和家庭外帮助存在弱正相关(r分别为0.111和0.243)。结论广州城区老年人实施基本健康行为属中等水平,应加强对男性、受教育程度为小学者的教育;健康教育内容应强调合理饮食、运动安全及保持适量体质量。

Objective To understand the status quo of the health behavior of the elderly in urban Guangzhou, and thus to provide the basis for the improvement of their health behavior and healthy ageing. Methods 421 senior people aged 60 or above were chosen from recreation halls for the elderly in 4 districts in Guangzhou by convenience sampling. And by means of the self-designed questionnaire on basic health behavior and the questionnaire on Perceived Social Support Scale, a survey was made, with 379 valid ones collected. Results The number of health behaviors by the elderly was （6.1±1.5）. Females exhibited better health behavior than males; those with the primary school education exhibited fewer than others. And the number of health behaviors by the elderly was weakly positively related to the help of family and help of external family（r=0.111 and 0.243, respectively）. Conclusion The health behavior of the elderly in urban Guangzhou is on the average level. Education designed specially for males and those with primary school education should be strengthened, with the emphasis of the content being the reasonable dieting, exercising safety and proper body weight keeping.