The effect of health status and living arrangements on long term care models among older Chinese: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Currently, there are many studies focusing on the influencing factors of the elderly people's living arrangements or health status, but little is known about the relationship between living arrangements or health status and long-term care models for the old-age, especially the joint effects.

Objective

We aimed to assess the effects of health status and living arrangements on long-term care models (LTCM) among the elderly of Xiamen, China, especially their cumulative joint effects.

Methods

A total of 14,373 participants aged ≥ 60 years by multistage sampling in Xiamen of China were enrolled. Multinomial logistic regression was used to estimate the Odds ratios (ORs) regressing LTCM on health status and living arrangements using the Anderson model as theoretic

SUBMITTER: Zhang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5589122 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature