To explore the mediating effect of oral frailty on the relationship between health promotion behaviors and healthy aging among rural elderly individuals.
A multi-stage sampling method was employed to conduct a questionnaire survey involving 439 rural elderly participants in Chengde city, Hebei Province. The general information questionnaire, a healthy aging scale, a health promotion behavior scale, and an oral frailty screening scale were used.
The scores for healthy aging among rural elderly individuals in Chengde were (128.64±26.17), (64.01±16.18) for health promotion behaviors, and (6.06±3.05) for oral frailty. Spearman correlation analysis indicated significant correlations among the three variables. Mediation effect testing revealed that oral frailty partially mediated the relationship between health promotion behaviors and healthy aging, accounting for 20.47% of the mediation effect.
The level of healthy aging among rural elderly individuals is moderate. It is essential to implement health promotion behaviors and adopt relevant measures to reduce oral frailty to achieve healthy aging.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |