Effect of Regular Exercise on Anxiety and Loneliness of Rural Empty Nest Elderly

ObjectiveBased on the "active health" applet, this paper discusses the influence of regular exercise on the anxiety state and loneliness of rural empty nest elderly.MethodsFrom March 2022 to August 2022, 128 rural empty nesters in J rural area of Fujian Province participated in the investigation through the "active health" APP. A total of 76 eligible patients were selected and randomly divided into control group and experimental group according to the random number table method, with 38 cases in each group. After intervention, 35 cases remained in the control group (1 case due to data loss, 2 cases lost contact), and 34 cases remained in the experimental group (1 case due to data loss, 2 cases withdrawed, 1 case did not meet the requirements of regular exercise). The control group received routine daily activities and health education. The experimental group used the telephone to send a weekly exercise reminder, for three times a week, each time for more than 30 minutes, medium and low intensity aerobic exercise on the basis of the control group, and the total intervention duration was 12 weeks. Physical exercise rating scale (PARS-3), self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and ucla loneliness scale (UCLA) were measured before intervention (pre-test), after 6 weeks of intervention (mid-test) and after 12 weeks of intervention (post-test).ResultsThe detection rate of anxiety and loneliness of empty nest elderly in rural J of Fujian Province was 33.59% and 68.75%, respectively. There was no significant difference in PARS score, SAS score and UCLA score between the two groups before intervention (P>0.05). After 6 weeks of intervention, the PARS score was compared between the pre-test and the mid-test. The participation rate of regular exercise in the experimental group was 97.37%. The difference analysis showed that the level of exercise increased by 23.73 scores (P0.05, partial η2=0.01