智能手机对武汉市某社区中老年人生命质量的影响

Impact of Smartphone on Life Quality of Middle-Aged and Elderly People in a Community in Wuhan City

目的:了解武汉市社区中老年人智能手机使用情况,探究智能手机使用对中老年人生命质量的影响。方法:选取武汉市某社区中老年人80名,采用自制调查问卷进行调查。采用SPSS 22.0进行描述性分析、卡方检验和t检验,采用多元线性回归进行研究。结果:中老年人中,使用智能手机者49人(61.25%)。中老年人是否使用智能手机在人口学特征上无明显差异,在社交活动(χ2=10.476,P<0.05)、认知功能(χ2=5.510,P<0.05)和生命质量(t=-2.366,P<0.05)等方面有显著差异。控制混杂因素后的回归结果显示,智能手机使用是生命质量的显著影响因素(β=0.300,P<0.01)。结论:中老年人使用智能手机有助于获得更好的生命质量。

Objective:To investigate the smartphone usage of community-dwelling older adults and to explore the relationship between smartphone use and their quality of life.Methods:Using convenience sampling,eighty older adults over 55-year-old were selected and investigated in a community in Wuhan.SPSS 22.0,descriptive analysis,chi-square,independent-samples t test and liner regression were conducted.Results:There were 49(61.25%)adults using smartphone.Between older adults using smartphone and those who didn’t use smartphone,there was no significant difference in characteristics but there was a significant difference in social activities(x 2=10.476,P<0.05),cognitive function(x 2=5.510,P<0.05)and quality of life(t=-2.366,P<0.05).The outcome of liner regression showed that smartphone usage affected the quality of life(β=0.300,P<0.01).Conclusion:Community-dwelling older adults with different age,gender,education level and income showed no significant difference in using smartphone.And older adults using smartphone had a better quality of life.