[The survey of quality of life among aging population in the rural areas of Guangdong].
In order to investigate the quality of life in 1008 cases of elderly people living in rural areas, Kaipin and Boluo counties in Guangdong Province. Data was collected by cluster stratification and random selection, 96.64% of them were independently managing their activities of daily life with 78.08% lived by themselves. In a self-evaluation questionnaire on health status, 36.31% perceived good, 52.8% moderate and 10.42% bad with 56.05% having had history of chronic illnesses. Arthritis and chronic headache, appeared to take the first and second place 38.8% showed satisfaction about the current medical condition with, 45.7% moderate and 9.1% un-satisfaction. 23.81% of them felt the degree of satisfaction to their life was good, 65.97% moderate and 9.82% poor. Since the proportion of elderly in the rural areas was big, and most elderly could manage their lives in late years because they had engaged in physical labor in the past, the general health condition was bad which led to poor quality of life. It is suggested that more medical care be provided to elderly living in the countryside to improve their quality of life.
D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012423:Rural Health; D012494:Sampling Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires