社区老年人生活习惯对居家不出的影响

Effect of living habits of elderly people on the housebound among community

目的了解不同地域城市社区老年人生活习惯对居家不出的影响。方法采取随机整群抽样的方法抽取两个省,安徽省和河北省,再从河北省中随机抽取两个城市保定市和唐山市,然后利用相同的方法从上述两个城市中各抽取一个社区;用同样的方法从安徽省随机抽取一个市蚌埠市,再从蚌埠市随机抽取一个社区。对符合条件的2 180名老年人采用统一的调查表(包括居家不出状态、生活习惯),以入户的方式逐个面对面进行调查。结果河北省社区老年居家不出发生率为15.8%,其中经常锻炼身体、吸烟、饮酒者居家不出发生率较低(P<0.05);安徽省社区老年居家不出发生率为14.9%,其中经常锻炼身体、有爱好者居家不出发生率低于不经常锻炼身体、无爱好者(P<0.05)。结论良好的生活习惯对居家不出有预防作用。

Objective To explore the influence of the living habits on the housebound elderly in communities of different sections. Methods Two cities were chosen with randomized cluster sampling method in Hebei Province and then two communities were chosen re- spectively from the above-mentioned two cities in the same way and 2 180 cases of old people were surveyed with questionnaires face to face. Results The proportion of the housebound elder/y in communities of Hebei was 15.8% and the elderly with sufficient exercise, smoking or drinking had a lower prevalence rate. The proportion of the housebound elderly in communities of AnHui was 14.9% and the elderly with sufficient exercise, interests had a lower prevalence rate. Conclusions There is a little difference between Hebei Province and Anhui Province in the incidence of homebound, the investigation of the two provinces＂ results shows that the elderly with regular physical exercise have a lower prevalence rate in homebound, that means good habits have a preventive effect on homebound.