老年自我忽视是老年人威胁自身健康和安全的行为,已成为老龄化社会重要的公共卫生问题。国外已进行了数十年的相关研究,我国2015年老年人口已突破2亿,是一个老年人口最多的国家。本文从概念、风险因素、测量工具和对个人、家庭及社会造成的后果等方面,对国外老年自我忽视的研究进行综述,以期引起相关领域学者的关注。 Elderly self-neglect is an act of threatening the health and safety of the elderly and has become an important public health issue in an aging society. Foreign countries have conducted decades of research, the elderly population in China has exceeded 200 million in 2015, is one of the oldest population in the country. This article summarizes the researches on self-neglect of the elderly in foreign countries in terms of concepts, risk factors, measurement tools and the consequences for individuals, families and society, with a view to attracting the attention of scholars in related fields.