Study on Lifestyle Evaluation Systems for the Health of Chinese Elderly

Background/Objective: China is now faced with a serious population aging challenge, and the health of the Chinese elderly is becoming an imminent concern. Consequently, it is critical to establish a lifestyle evaluation system for promoting the health of the Chinese elderly. Methods: Interviews with experts and questionnaire surveys were conducted. Factor analysis, analytic hierarchy process, and statistical analyses were also adopted in this study. Results: Besides evaluation metrics and standards, a two-level category system including 50 indices and associated weights from three level 1 categories (physical and mental health and social wellbeing) and thirteen level 2 categories were obtained. Discussion and Conclusions: Based on the confirmatory factor analysis and Cronbach's test, such an evaluation system excels in effectiveness and reliability, and is ready to be popularized in Chinese society. We expect that the Chinese elderly will benefit from our system and that it will lead to a healthy lifestyle accordingly.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

International journal of environmental research and public health - 16(2019), 2 vom: 21. Jan.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Du, Changliang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chinese elderly
Evaluation system
Journal Article
Lifestyle
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 24.06.2019

Date Revised 05.10.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijerph16020284

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM292971621