老年人失动的影响因素研究进展

Research progress on factors influencing immobility in the elderly

老年人失动指失去了行动能力,包括步行、驾车和使用公共或其他形式的交通工具,反映了老年人在其所处环境中的日常生活能力下降。行动能力障碍所引起的慢性病高患病率、生活质量严重下降,甚至被社会孤立等身心问题将给老年人的健康带来严峻的挑战。研究表明,疾病、运动与肌肉、饮食与营养、社会等因素均会导致老年人失动的发生。老年人失动受到多种因素的影响,本文对老年人失动常见的影响因素进行综述。

Immobility in older people refers to the loss of mobility,including walking,driving and using public or other forms of transport,and reflects the declining ability of older people to carry out their daily lives.The physical and psychological problems caused by immobility,such as high morbidity rates,worse quality of life and even social isolation,will present serious challenges to the health of older people.Research has shown that disease,exercise&muscle,diet&nutrition,society and other factors all contribute to the onset of immobility in older people.This review focuses on the influencing factors of immobility in older adults.