Rural-urban and gender differences in the association between community care services and elderly individuals' mental health: a case from Shaanxi Province, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While community care services have been developing rapidly as a new way to meet the growing demands of elderly individuals in China, their health benefits are virtually unknown. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the Chinese elderly individuals' utilisation of community care services and its association with the mental health with comparing rural-urban and gender differences.

Methods

For this 2019 cross-sectional study, 687 elderly people from 7 counties (districts) of China's Shaanxi province were enrolled. Respondents' mental health level was assessed using a self-reported mental health measure. Four categories of community care services utilisation were examined: daily care services, medical care services, social and recreational services and spiritual

SUBMITTER: Yang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7847576 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature