Frail Condition And Its Influential Factors Among Elderly Residents In Two Communities Of The City Of Harbin

Objective Through the research of life behavior and healthy condition among two community elderly residents, we get to know the physical and mental health status of old people and analyze influencing factors which effect elder residents’physical and mental health. At the same time we explore the effective way to solve the elderly health management and health maintenance and provide basic materials for local government management department making policies, such as the elderly health care, medical insurance, treatment and prevention, community management, health resource allocation and so on. It also provides the reference basis for carrying out health education to community residents as also as preventing lifestyle risk factors for residents.Methods The questionnaire survey carried out in two community elderly residents in Daoli District of Harbin city as the research object. The survey contents are general condition, life behavior (smoking, drinking, exercise, breakfast, snacks and sleep), health condition, self-assessment, disease history and medication history, psychological health status and weakness condition.Results1500questionnaires were distributed. The survey got1331effective questionnaires. The effective recovery rate is86.3%, among which619are male (46.5%) and712(53.5%) are female. And the average age is68.98. Unhealthy lifestyle mainly appears as smoking(30.9%), excessive drinking (27.4%), overweight (20.1%), no exercise (43.6%), not eating breakfast on time (27.9%). In addition,42.7%of the elderly have sleep problems. Chronic disease focuses on high blood pressure, bone and joint disease and myocardial infarction.17%of the elderly’s health self-assessment is bad.34.0%of respondents’mental health is in good condition.18.3%of people are in poor mental health, meanwhile47.7%are in bad, more age from60to69.55.1%of people have different degree of anxiety. Mainly appear as healthy anxiety (26.3%), anxiety about the future life (16.2%), income anxiety (7.6%) and other anxiety (3.9%); The order of weakness in the general population from high to low is no weakness (36.3%), mild(32.7%), moderate(23.3%), moderately severe (6.8%) and severe(0.9%). Weakness situation in the top five are having tumbled and hurt himself (72.3%), fear of falling (55.7%), depositing or withdrawing without independence (34.5%), chewing ability impairment (31.9%), Dietary function impairment (31.6%).Conclusion About30%of old men in the investigation area have bad life behavior, chronic disease focused on high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, bone and joint disease and performance of weakness condition is lower limb and oral motor dysfunction. Psychological health problem is more serious.