Health status and its influencing factors among the elderly dwelling in pension institutions providing integrated medication in Qingdao city

Abstract

Objective To explore self-rated health and its influencing factors among the elderly in pension institutions providing integrated medication in Qingdao city, Shandong province, and to provide evidences for improving health status of the elderly. Methods With stratified random sampling, totally 2 040 dwellers aged ≥ 60 years were recruited in 43 pension institutions providing integrated medication in 7 districts of Qingdao city and a face-to-face interview was conducted among the elderly with a self-designed questionnaire and Activity of Daily Living (ADL) Scale from June 2017 to August 2018. Results Good self-rated health was reported by 687 (36.03%) of the 1 907 respondents with valid information. The results of unconditional multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that the elderly without an extremely poor economic condition, with rural household registration, having the medical insurance other than medical insurance for urban/rural residents and for urban workers, and being capable to pay medical expenses were more likely to report a good self-rated health; however, the elderly with the education of high school and above, being professionals, participating in medical insurance for urban residents, and with impaired ADL were less likely to report a good self-rated health. Conclusion Among the elderly dwelling in pension institutions providing integrated medication in Qingdao city, the self-rated health is at a low level and mainly influenced by education, occupation, economic condition, type of household registration, type of medical insurance, affordability of medical expenses, and ADL level.