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KMID : 0378119920190010087
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Chungnam Medical Journal
1992 Volume.19 No. 1 p.87 ~ p.100
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Health Status, Activity of Daily Living and Cognitive Function of Rural Elderly
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Abstract
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This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence rate, activity of daily living of rural elderly. The study group was composed of 820 old people aged 65 or more, living in Chungnam provincial area.
@ES The results obtained were as follows :
@EN 1. The prevalence rate rise rapidly with increasing age and that of male was 65.9%, and female was 70.8%.
The prevalence rate of chronic diaseses were the highest in muscular disease and arthropathy as 51.5%, 16.8% in cerebrovascular disease and 12.6% in respiratory disease.
2. The ability score of daily living of male as 76.3% was similar that of female as 74.7%. The ability score of daily living went down with increasing age and statistically significant(p<0.01). The ability score of daily living of those who were
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ill were higher than that of those who were ill.
The ADL of those who have been a spouse was higher than that of those who were single. The number of family member and alcohol drinking influenced to the score of ADL, but level of education and smoking didn't influenced to that.
The diseases that influenced to the score of ADL were cerebrovascular disease, cancer and diabetes mellitus.
The factors that influenced to the ADL were age, the presence of chronic disease, alcohol drinking, and the number of family members.
3. The score of cognitive function of male as 89.3% was higher than that of female as 86.1%. The score of cognitive function was the highest in 65-69 years of age. The presence of ill didn't influence the score of cognitive function.
The score of cognitive function of those who have been a spouse was higher than that of those who were single. The number of family member, alcohol drinking, level of education, and smoking didn't influence the score of cognitive function.
The score of cognitive function were high in renal disease, hepatic disease, and cancer, but that were low in cerebrovascular disease, muscular disease and arthropathy, and respiratory disease.
The factors that influenced to the cognitive function were age, marital status.
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