Mental Health Status and Influencing Factors of the Elderly in Ya’an Area After 5 years’ Lushan Earthquake

Q2 Social Sciences

Illness Crisis and Loss Pub Date : 2021-08-16 DOI:10.1177/10541373211034017

Ru Gao, Liuxiu Xu, Rong Yu, Jing-Zhen Bai, Zai-Jiang Zheng, Dong Wang, Jie Fang, Yuhui Li, Bingzhi Zhang

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Objective: To understand the mental health status and its influencing factors of the elderly in the disaster area 5 years after the Lushan earthquake. Methods: A total of 2,579 cases of Ya’an residents aged 60 years or above were selected by using cluster sampling method. From January to May 2019, self-compiled questionnaire for basic information of affected residents and 12 General Health Questionnaire were used to assess the mental health status of the elderly. Results: 2,561 (99.3%) valid samples were collected. The positive rate of mental health was 220 (8.6%) cases. The binary logistic regression analysis showed that in the city, no chronic diseases, no body pain, and self-rated health status good in last one month was the protective factor for mental health of the elderly. Age group 60 years and above was the risk factor. Conclusions: Five years after the Lushan earthquake, there is a certain degree of mental health problems in the elderly in the disaster area, and corresponding intervention measures should be formulated. In particular, the researchers should pay more attention to the mental health of the rural elderly who were with low income, young age, and chronic diseases (or pain).

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芦山地震5年后雅安地区老年人心理健康状况及影响因素

目的:了解芦山地震后5年灾区老年人心理健康状况及其影响因素。方法:采用整群抽样方法抽取雅安市60岁及以上居民2579例。2019年1 - 5月，采用自编受灾居民基本情况问卷和12份一般健康问卷对老年人心理健康状况进行评估。结果:共收集有效样品2561份，占99.3%。心理健康阳性率220例(8.6%)。二元logistic回归分析显示，城市老年人近一个月无慢性病、无身体疼痛、自评健康状况良好是老年人心理健康的保护因素。60岁及以上年龄组是危险因素。结论:芦山地震发生5年后，灾区老年人存在一定程度的心理健康问题，应制定相应的干预措施。研究人员尤其应该关注低收入、年轻、患有慢性疾病(或疼痛)的农村老年人的心理健康状况。

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