Preparing for Entering Aging Stage of Late Working Age Populations in Public Health Region 6

Abstract

Preparation for active aging should be started at the age of 45 yearsold; and it should begin with
the aging individuals themselves. The objectives of this study were to assess the situation, predictive factors,
and model for pre-aging preparation of late working age population. It was conducted in the period
from May toJuly 2019s. There study samples were 1,102 persons including 336 employees of the Provincial
Public Health Offices, 366 employees of hospitals at community level and above, and 400 people
in catchment areas. All of them lived in the Public Health Region 6. Data collection tools consisted of
(1) bio-social environment and health status, (2) social support, (3) information received, (4) attitudes
towards preparing for entering ageing status, (5) expected behaviors, and (6) preparation for being ageing
population. Data were analyzed by using (1) one-way ANOVA and (2) multiple regression. It was
found that: (1) the level of preparation for being aging populations of Public Health Offices, hospitals’
employees and people in the catchment areas were at medium level. There was no significantly difference
among the 3 groups (F=1.088, p<.337); (2) the predictive factors of preparing for entering ageing stage
of late working age populations were social support, expected behavior, information received and attitudes
with predictive power at 38.1%. The strongest predictive factor was social support with predictive power
at 21.5% followed by expected behavior with additional predictive power at 7.2%, information received
with additional predictive power at 4.9% and attitudes towards preparing for entering ageing stage with
additional predictive power at 4.5%. (3) The total preparation model was represented by the following
formula: pre-ageing = 3.470 + 0.537SSS + 0.511BEH + 0.692PCT + 0.682ATT. The strongest
regression coefficient was information received (b=0.692), followed by attitude toward preparing for
entering ageing stage, regression coefficient of 0.682, social support, regression coefficient of 0.537,
and expected behavior, wuth regression coefficient of 0.511. The authors suggest that in order to prepare
for entering aging stage, importance should be given to social support as well as provision of relevant
information, and the attitude toward pre-aging preparation.