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<sec><h3>Objectives</h3>
<p>To explore the level of active aging and correlates among rural elderly in Xiangtan County, China.</p>
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<sec><h3>Methods</h3>
<p>A cross-sectional survey was conducted from July to November 2019. A total of 945 rural elderly from 3 towns in Xiangtan County, China, were investigated by using the positive aging evaluation questionnaire (PAEQ), the activity of daily living scale (ADL), and the depression in old-age scale (DIA-S).</p>
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<sec><h3>Results</h3>
<p>The average score in the PAEQ among the rural elderly of Xiangtan County was 72.81 (range = 21–105). A moderate negative correlation was found between the score in the PAEQ and those in the ADL (<italic>r</italic> = −0.361) and DIA-S (<italic>r</italic> = −0.495). Symptoms of depression (β: −0.321, <italic>P</italic> = 0.001), number of chronic diseases (β: −0.281, <italic>P</italic> = 0.001), subjective economic status (β: 0.239, <italic>P</italic> = 0.001), ADL (β: −0.196, <italic>P</italic> = 0.001), education (β: 0.126, <italic>P</italic> = 0.001), number of children (β: 0.097, <italic>P</italic> = 0.001), and marital status (β: −0.060, <italic>P</italic> = 0.001) were significantly associated with levels of active aging in rural elderly, whereas gender and age were not independently related to active aging.</p>
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<sec><h3>Conclusions</h3>
<p>The level of active aging is at a moderately high level in the Chinese elderly in rural areas in Xiangtan County. The focus group of active aging in rural areas should be elderly people suffering from chronic diseases, physical decline, poor education and economic conditions, childlessness, and those without partners.</p>
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Objectives
To explore the level of active aging and correlates among rural elderly in Xiangtan County, China.

Methods
A cross-sectional survey was conducted from July to November 2019. A total of 945 rural elderly from 3 towns in Xiangtan County, China, were investigated by using the positive aging evaluation questionnaire (PAEQ), the activity of daily living scale (ADL), and the depression in old-age scale (DIA-S).

Results
The average score in the PAEQ among the rural elderly of Xiangtan County was 72.81 (range = 21–105). A moderate negative correlation was found between the score in the PAEQ and those in the ADL (r = −0.361) and DIA-S (r = −0.495). Symptoms of depression (β: −0.321, P = 0.001), number of chronic diseases (β: −0.281, P = 0.001), subjective economic status (β: 0.239, P = 0.001), ADL (β: −0.196, P = 0.001), education (β: 0.126, P = 0.001), number of children (β: 0.097, P = 0.001), and marital status (β: −0.060, P = 0.001) were significantly associated with levels of active aging in rural elderly, whereas gender and age were not independently related to active aging.

Conclusions
The level of active aging is at a moderately high level in the Chinese elderly in rural areas in Xiangtan County. The focus group of active aging in rural areas should be elderly people suffering from chronic diseases, physical decline, poor education and economic conditions, childlessness, and those without partners.

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Factors associated with active aging in Chinese elderly in rural areas of Xiangtan County, China

Objectives
To explore the level of active aging and correlates among rural elderly in Xiangtan County, China.

Methods
A cross-sectional survey was conducted...

Factors associated with active aging in Chinese elderly in rural areas of Xiangtan County, China^†

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Dec 30, 2021

Page range: 407 - 417

Received: Apr 12, 2021

Accepted: May 20, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2021-0041

Keywords
elderly, active aging, rural area

© 2021 Xue-Lian Fu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Factors associated with active aging in Chinese elderly in rural areas of Xiangtan County, China†

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Dec 30, 2021

Page range: 407 - 417

Received: Apr 12, 2021

Accepted: May 20, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2021-0041

Keywordselderly, active aging, rural area

© 2021 Xue-Lian Fu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Factors associated with active aging in Chinese elderly in rural areas of Xiangtan County, China^†

Keywords
elderly, active aging, rural area