关键词: 社区, 老年人, 社会健康, 影响因素

Abstract: Objective: To understand the social health status and influencing factors of community-based elderly people in communities in Anhui Province, and to provide new ideas for promoting the development of community-based elderly care services and improving the health of elderly groups. Methods: Combined with the self-made questionnaire of the self-tested health assessment scale, the self-administered questionnaire of the social health sub-scale was used to conduct a face-to-face survey on randomly selected community-dwelling elderly persons aged 65 and over in Hefei and Fuyang, Anhui Province. Results: A total of 500 elderly people were effectively investigated. The overall social health score of the elderly living in communities in Anhui Province was (84.79±11.24), of which the score of "role activity and social adaptation" was the highest, (92.63±9.84), and the score of "social resources and social contact" was the lowest. It is (76.80±16.13) points. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that age, marital status, source of income, and type of payment for medical expenses were related to the social health score of the elderly (P<0.05). The urban employees' medical insurance had a higher social health score. Conclusion: The social health of the elderly at home in communities in Anhui Province is good. The community should strengthen health education for the elderly, focusing on the elderly, the aged without a spouse and the widowed seniors, improve the economic independence of the elderly, and maintain a certain medical expenditure is beneficial to the social health of the elderly.

Key words: community, the elderly, social health, influencing factor