Analysis on quality of life of the elder aged above 80 in urban and rural areas in Nangtong

Objective To study the quality of life of the people aged 80 and over in urban and rural areas in Nantong.Methods Adopting SF-36(the Short-Form 36 Item Health Survey Questionnaire),information of quality of life and relative factors were collected by face-to-face interview and analyzed by descriptive statistics and t-test.Results There were significance differences in physical function,body pain,general health,vitality,social function,mental health(P<0.05)between urban(64.00,69.70,50.95,68.36,71.25,73.27)and rural areas(36.05,60.47,42.75,51.51,61.92,57.76),but there were no significance differences in role-physical,role-emotional between urban(46.36,54.54)and rural(41.66,58.14)areas(P>0.05).Conclusion There were differences in the quality of life of the elder aged 80 and over between urban and rural areas in Nantong.