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目的了解居家城市社区不同年龄老年人日常生活能力现状,探讨增龄对日常生活能力的影响,为采取应对措施提供依据。方法主要采用日常生活能力量表对1 581名唐山市社区老年人进行测量。结果老年人随着增龄,日常生活能力下降,工具性日常生活能力下降老年人达到33.5%,85岁及以上老年人功能下降者占78.3%,差异有统计学意义(P<0.01)。结论高龄可导致日常生活能力障碍,工具性日常生活能力下降尤为突出,相关部门应有针对性的通过多种途径改善老年人的日常生活能力,特别关注高龄老年人。
Objective To understand the status quo of daily living abilities of elderly people in home urban communities and to explore the influence of aging on their daily living ability so as to provide basis for countermeasures. Methods The daily living ability scale was used to measure 1 581 elderly people in Tangshan community. Results The elderly with decreased ability of daily living, instrumental sexual ability decreased to 33.5% of the elderly, and those with 85 years of age and over accounted for 78.3%. The difference was statistically significant (P <0.01). Conclusions Seniors can lead to dysfunction of everyday life and the decline of instrumental sexual ability in daily life is particularly prominent. Relevant departments should improve the daily living ability of the elderly through many ways, with particular attention to the elderly.