Physical health status and its influential factors among the elderly ≥65 years old in Ji’nan city

ObjectiveTo understand the health status and its influential factors among the elderly in Ji'nan city and to compare the difference in health status between urban and rural elderly.MethodsWith multi-stage simple random sampling,a questionnaire survey was conducted among 1 071 elderly≥65 years old in Ji'nan city.The generalized linear model was adopted in data analyses.ResultsOf all the elderly,the proportion of reporting good,normal,and bad self-perceived physical heath was 13.40% (143),68.10% (729),and 18.50% (198),respectively.Perceived health status of urban elderly was better than that of rural elderly.There were 63.02% of the elderly reporting chronic disease history,with a higher prevalence of chronic disease history among urban elderly.The top six common chronic diseases among the elderly wrere high blood pressure,heart disease,diabetes,chronic bronchitis,cervical disease,and cerebrovascular disease.Physical health score of the urban elderly was higher than that of the rural.ConclusionThe health status of elderly population in Ji'nan is not optimistic.Age,the evaluation to residential community(village),psychiatric/psychological score,place of residence, and average monthly personal income have significant effects on health status of the elderly.