Open AccessAn investigation of the health value and self-care capabilities of the elderly in urban-rural fringe area nursing homes and the related influencing factors
Author(s) -
Ju-Ying Luo,
Ling-Lin Kong,
Zhixia Zhang,
Yansheng Ye,
Changchun Bao,
Li-Juan Tu,
Yazhen Yang
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chinese nursing research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2468-6972
pISSN - 2095-7718
DOI - 10.1016/j.cnre.2016.06.015
Subject(s) - marital status , cluster sampling , health care , value (mathematics) , rural area , self care , gerontology , multivariate analysis , medicine , multivariate statistics , psychology , environmental health , nursing , statistics , population , economic growth , mathematics , pathology , economics
ObjectiveTo investigate the health value and self-care capabilities of the elderly living in urban-rural fringe area nursing homes and the factors that influence these variables.MethodsA cluster sampling method was used to select 280 elderly individuals from seven urban-rural fringe communities in Xianning to complete a survey regarding their health value and self-care capabilities.ResultsThe total health value and self-care capability scores of the elderly were 7.45 ± 1.45 and 100.25 ± 22.56, respectively. Both of these scores significantly differed by age, education level, marital status, and income (P < 0.05, P < 0.01). Self-care capability was correlated with health value (r = 0.521). A multivariate linear regression analysis showed that health value, marital status, and age predicted self-care capability.ConclusionsElderly people living in the urban-rural fringe area with higher health values also had higher self-care capabilities. The self-care capabilities of the elderly can be enhanced by improving their health value using the “knowing-trusting-acting” model