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Social Factors to the Quality of Life and Well-Being of the Old Adults

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Health-Related Quality of Life and Well-Being".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (8 July 2023) | Viewed by 4399

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Fanlei Kong

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Guest Editor
1. Centre for Health Management and Policy Research, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
2. NHC Key Lab of Health Economics and Policy Research, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
Interests: healthy aging; social policy in aged society; social welfare of the elderly; quality of life of the elderly; need for long-term care of the elderly
Prof. Dr. Wei Sun

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Guest Editor
Institute of Preventive Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
Interests: health promotion for the elderly; social factors and health

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue seeks to consider social factors regarding the quality of life and well-being of the old adults and is being organized in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. With the advances in healthcare services and increased life expectancy, the aging population is rapidly increasing all around the world, which creates more challenges for the healthcare of older adults. Professions in each field are making efforts to support older people’s quality of life and their well-being to ensure that they remain in good health. Many variables impact the quality of life of older persons, and these aspects differ from those of other age groups. In addition to personal, economic, and political variables, quality of life for the elderly includes social connections and confidence, as well as health. Social connections/supports, both financial and emotional, are essential for good aging, as well as a predictor of disease outcomes and quality of life in the elderly. Thus, the effects of the social environment should be seriously taken into consideration.

This Special Issue focuses on the social factors related to quality of life and well-being of the elderly. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcomed. We also welcome qualitative or quantitative contributions based on social factors of older people's well-being and quality of life, and interventions to promote older people's quality of life and well-being in general. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: social support, older adults, health, successful aging, quality of life and well-being, social factors, and determinants of health.

Dr. Fanlei Kong
Prof. Dr. Wei Sun
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • social factors
  • quality of life
  • well-being
  • health
  • successful aging

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The Relationship between Social Support and Anxiety among Rural Older People in Elderly Caring Social Organizations: A Cross-Sectional Study
by Lanlan Zhao, Xin Zheng, Kai Ji, Zhengsheng Wang, Lingzhi Sang, Xuefei Chen, Ling Tang, Ying Zhu, Zhongliang Bai and Ren Chen
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(18), 11411; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811411 - 10 Sep 2022
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Background: Social support and anxiety have a major impact on later life quality in rural, older people in elderly caring social organizations (SOs). This study aimed to explore the relationship between social support and anxiety and their relevant influential factors among rural older [...] Read more.
Background: Social support and anxiety have a major impact on later life quality in rural, older people in elderly caring social organizations (SOs). This study aimed to explore the relationship between social support and anxiety and their relevant influential factors among rural older people in elderly caring SOs in Anhui Province, China. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted through a multi-stage stratified cluster random sampling method. Independent t-tests, one-way ANOVA, Mann–Whitney U test, Kruskal–Wallis H test, and a generalized linear model were employed. Results: A significantly negative association between friends’ support and anxiety were found among rural older people in elderly caring SOs. Statistically significant relationships were found between social support and gender, marital status, education level, whether visited by relatives, and institutional satisfaction. Similarly, anxiety was associated with gender, institutional satisfaction, comorbid chronic diseases, and friends’ support. Conclusions: Social support from friends plays an important role in preventing and regulating anxiety among rural older people, especially those from elderly caring SOs. To reduce the occurrence and level of anxiety among rural elderly in elderly caring SOs, an effort should be given to strengthening social support, improving institutional satisfaction, and emphasizing comorbid chronic diseases. Full article
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Health Status and Individual Care Needs of Disabled Elderly at Home in Different Types of Care
by Qi Tang, Min Yuan, Wenhui Wu, Huanyun Wu, Cao Wang, Gang Chen, Chengyue Li and Jun Lu
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(18), 11371; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811371 - 9 Sep 2022
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For the disabled, paying attention to their health status is the starting point to discovering their survival problems, while meeting their care needs is the end point to solving their survival problems. As the country with the largest number of disabled elderly in [...] Read more.
For the disabled, paying attention to their health status is the starting point to discovering their survival problems, while meeting their care needs is the end point to solving their survival problems. As the country with the largest number of disabled elderly in the world, how to ensure this group could obtain appropriate home care is a major public health issue facing China. Thus, we conducted a cross-sectional study from October to December 2020 to explore the basic characteristics and health status of disabled elderly in different types of care who are living at home in 37 streets in Shanghai, as well as the individual care needs and its relevance. We observed the significant differences in the number of diagnoses (p = 0.03), smoking (p = 0.009), drinking (p = 0.016), exercise (p = 0.001), activity of daily living (p < 0.0001), and the quality of life (p < 0.0001) across care types. The care needs of the disabled elderly are diversified, of which a vast majority of them have not been fully guaranteed. The urgent need for improving the identification accuracy of care needs of disabled elderly, as well as the development of elaborate and personalized care programs for them, is needed. Full article
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