Objective: To investigate the relationship between health status and family characteristics of the elderly retired from the universities in Guangzhou area. Methods: 239 elderly subjects retired from the universities i...Objective: To investigate the relationship between health status and family characteristics of the elderly retired from the universities in Guangzhou area. Methods: 239 elderly subjects retired from the universities in Guangzhou area were tested by the Cornell Medical Index (CMI) and the Family Environment Scale-Chinese Version (FES-CV). The Canonical procedure was used for correlational analysis. Results: The relationship of health status and family characteristics was found mainly in the weary factor and intellectual-cultural orientation. The weary factor was found to negatively correlate with intellectual-cultural orientation, expressiveness, cohesion and active-recreational orientation. Conclusion: Quality of life of the elderly could be improved through preventing chronic diseases and improving family environment along the characteristics of intellectual-cultural orientation, expressiveness, cohesion and active-recreational orientation.展开更多
文摘Objective: To investigate the relationship between health status and family characteristics of the elderly retired from the universities in Guangzhou area. Methods: 239 elderly subjects retired from the universities in Guangzhou area were tested by the Cornell Medical Index (CMI) and the Family Environment Scale-Chinese Version (FES-CV). The Canonical procedure was used for correlational analysis. Results: The relationship of health status and family characteristics was found mainly in the weary factor and intellectual-cultural orientation. The weary factor was found to negatively correlate with intellectual-cultural orientation, expressiveness, cohesion and active-recreational orientation. Conclusion: Quality of life of the elderly could be improved through preventing chronic diseases and improving family environment along the characteristics of intellectual-cultural orientation, expressiveness, cohesion and active-recreational orientation.
