Proceedings of the 2018 4th International Conference on Social Science and Higher Education (ICSSHE 2018)

An Empirical Study about the Effect of Summer Holiday Pension on Physical and Mental Health of the Elderly

Authors
Ge Wen, Shuangshuang Tang
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Ge Wen
Available Online September 2018.
DOI
10.2991/icsshe-18.2018.12How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Pension pattern, Summer care for the aged, Quality of life, SF-36 scale
Abstract

This article studies the influence of summer holiday pension on the physical and mental health of the elderly. Provide a basis for the healthy lifestyle choice of the elderly and for the care of the elderly by the government or institutions, so as to improve the quality of life of the elderly. Using random sampling method, the SF-36 questionnaire was used to investigate the summer vacation habits and health status of 548 old people in Sichuan Province. Analyze the survey data that using descriptive statistics, internal consistency test, T test, correlation analysis and descriptive statistical. The score in the 9 dimensions of SF-36 scales, the mean value of elderly with summer holiday habit is higher than elderly without. But only the 7 dimensions of the score in General Health, Physical Function, Role-Physical, Bodily Pain, Vitality, Social Functioning and Mental Health, which the difference is statistically significant. The two dimensions of Role-Emotion and Reported Health Transition, which the difference isn’t statistically significant. Research discovered that in terms of overall health level, physical fitness, and mental health, elderly people with summer vacation habits are better than elderly people who without.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2018 4th International Conference on Social Science and Higher Education (ICSSHE 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
September 2018
ISBN
10.2991/icsshe-18.2018.12
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icsshe-18.2018.12How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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