Quality of life and related factors: a questionnaire survey of older people living alone in Mainland China

Chen, Yu; Hicks, Allan; While, Alison

doi:10.1007/s11136-013-0587-2

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“…Thereafter, they can measure and understand the Chinese’s QOL and even compare it with that of people from other countries. QOL research mainly focuses on children and the aging population [49, 50]. Significant attention has also been focused on QOL of patients with cancer, schizophrenia and depression [51, 52].…”

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International publication trends and collaboration performance of China in healthcare science and services research

Chen

Yao

Sun

et al. 2016

Isr J Health Policy Res

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BackgroundIn recent years, China’s healthcare reforms and related studies have drawn particular global attention. The main objective of this study is to evaluate quantitatively the publication trends and collaboration performance of China in healthcare science and services (HSS) research.MethodsScientometric methods and visualization technology were used to survey the growth and development trends of HSS research based on the Web of Science publications during the past 15 years.ResultsChina’s international publications on HSS research increased rapidly compared to those of the global HSS and Chinese scientific studies. Growth trends indicate that collaboration among countries, institutions and authors has also increased. China’s leading partners were all developed countries, such as the US, the UK, Australia and Canada, which have contributed to the majority of the joint publications. The academic impact of publications involving partners from European and American countries was relatively higher than those involving partners from Asian countries. Prominent institutions were universities that could be primarily classified into two groups, namely, Mainland China on the one hand and Hong Kong universities and foreign universities on the other. The most prominent actors were elite institutions, such as Peking University, Fudan University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong. The papers published by the Chinese Ministry of Health had relatively high academic impact, whereas those published by Mainland China universities alone had a lower academic impact compared to foreign cooperation papers. Issues related to the Chinese healthcare reform, priority diseases (e.g., breast cancer, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, etc.), health systems performance, quality of life and measurement tools, aging problems and research methods have been the most popular HSS topics in China in recent years.ConclusionsDespite the extensive achievement of the Chinese HSS reforms and research, gaps and challenges remain to be addressed, including those related to health insurance and the effects of the evaluation of essential medicine systems, human resources training and allocation in the health sector, government hospitals reforms and health services systems remodeling. These findings could help scholars and decision-makers understand the current status and likely future trends of the Chinese HSS research, and help them select the most appropriate collaboration partners and policies.

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International publication trends and collaboration performance of China in healthcare science and services research

Chen

Yao

Sun

et al. 2016

Isr J Health Policy Res

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“…Still, urbanisation is the keystone in the development plan drawn by the government for the future. In the study of Chen, Hicks, and While (), professional occupation before retirement signified a higher quality of life among older people in China due to higher socioeconomic status and social resources, such as pensions (Zhou & Wang, ). It is inferable that the systemic development imbalance has a profound effect on the individual life of each person involved, including their ways of dealing with major life events (e.g.…”

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Response to spousal death according to faith in traditional Chinese culture among older Chinese: Moderation by occupation

Pan

2019

Health Soc Care Community

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This study aims to enrich the knowledge of the effects of traditional Chinese culture on bereavement outcomes among older Chinese, and to examine the moderating role of occupation in the relationship between traditional culture and bereavement outcomes. A sample of 352 older Chinese in widowhood was interviewed by quota sampling. A scale of faith in traditional Chinese culture was developed and confirmed by factor analysis. Complicated grief (CG) functioned as the outcome variable. Results showed that faith in traditional culture did affect CG among the sample, and previous occupation moderated the effect of traditional culture on CG. That is, the effect of faith in Chinese culture on CG is stronger in the non‐peasant group than the peasant group. The results broaden the knowledge of spousal bereavement in a Chinese context. Services such as death education and occupational therapy were recommended according to this study.

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“…Personal factors found to be associated with health in older adults are age [12,13], gender [12,13,14,15,16], race/ethnicity [12,13], education attainment [13,17,18,19]; and employment [12]. Research conducted in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America with aging populations found several economic and social factors associated with broad health and independence outcomes, including: reduced retirement pensions [20]; community involvement and social support [21,22,23]; housing conditions [22,24,25]; income level [17,22,26,27,28]; forced retirement [29]; and feeling discriminated [24]. …”

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Relative Association of Multi-Level Supportive Environments on Poor Health among Older Adults

Mier

Ory

Towne

et al. 2017

IJERPH

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Background: The aging of the United States population poses significant challenges to American healthcare and informal caregiving systems. Additional research is needed to understand how health promotion programs and policies based on a socio-ecological perspective impact the health and well-being of older persons. The purpose of this study was to investigate personal characteristics and supportive environments associated with poor health among older individuals aged 65 and over. Methods: This study used a cross-sectional design and was guided by a conceptual framework developed by the authors to depict the relationship between personal characteristics and environments associated with poor health status. Environment types included in this study were family, home, financial, neighborhood, and healthcare. The sample was comprised of 1319 adults aged 65 years and older residing in Central Texas. From a random selection of households, participants were administered a mail-based survey created by a community collaborative effort. Descriptive statistics and three binary logistic regression models were fitted to examine associations with poor health status (i.e., physical, mental, and combined physical/mental). Results: Two personal characteristics (number of chronic conditions and educational level) were consistently related (p < 0.05) to health outcomes. Supportive family, home, financial, neighborhood, and health care environmental factors were shown to be related (p < 0.05) to various aspects of physical or mental health outcomes. Conclusions: Multidimensional factors including personal characteristics and protective environments are related to health status among older individuals. The unique roles of each environment can help inform public health interventions to create and enhance support for older adults to engage in healthful activities and improve their physical and mental health.

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Quality of life and related factors: a questionnaire survey of older people living alone in Mainland China

Cited by 75 publications

References 31 publications

International publication trends and collaboration performance of China in healthcare science and services research

International publication trends and collaboration performance of China in healthcare science and services research

Response to spousal death according to faith in traditional Chinese culture among older Chinese: Moderation by occupation

Relative Association of Multi-Level Supportive Environments on Poor Health among Older Adults

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