The Association between Perceived Housing Environment and Health and Satisfaction among the Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Northern China

Liu, Fang, Li, Yafei, Gao, Xuezhi and Du, Jiangtao ORCID: 0000-0002-4307-4398 (2023) The Association between Perceived Housing Environment and Health and Satisfaction among the Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Northern China. Buildings, 13 (11). p. 2875.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings13112875

Abstract

<jats:p>China lacks design strategies to improve home-based care environments for its older adults. This study investigated the perception of indoor environmental quality in housing environments and analyzed its impact on health and satisfaction among home-living older adults. A cross-sectional survey in Northern China was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic (October 2021–March 2022) to test the effects of five housing environmental factors on home-living older adults’ health and satisfaction, including noise, lighting and view, temperature and humidity, air quality, and maintenance and cleanliness. A total of 356 home-living adults aged 60 years and older participated in the survey. The 12-item Short Form Health Survey was used to measure health-related quality of life among respondents. Using multiple regression analyses, we found that overall satisfaction can be positively predicted by four housing environmental qualities: lighting and view, temperature and humidity, air quality, and maintenance and cleanliness. Air quality was found to be a predictor of respondents’ physical health. Only noise had a significant predictive effect on respondents’ mental health. Age, marital status, and health status (cardiovascular and chronic diseases) were significantly correlated with the physical health of the respondents, whereas educational status, monthly income, and alcohol consumption could predict their mental health.</jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Behavioral and Social Science, Prevention, Aging, Clinical Research, Basic Behavioral and Social Science, Generic health relevance, 3 Good Health and Well Being
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of the Arts
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	15 Nov 2023 13:54
Last Modified:	15 Mar 2024 15:48
DOI:	10.3390/buildings13112875
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3176816