Relationship between health accomplishment and cognitive function of the aged in nursing homes of Urumuqi
Objective To analyze the relationship between health accomplishment and cognitive function in senior citizens of nursing homes in Urumuqi,and to provide the basis for improving cognitive function in senior citizens.Methods From February to April 2014,the stratified cluster random sampling method was used to select 300 senior citizens from 12 nursing homes,the senior citizens,who conformed to the inclusion criteria,served as the investigation subjects.The investigation was performed with the Health Accomplishment Scale,Mini Mental Status Examination (MMSE) and general situation questionnaire.Results The single factor analysis showed that there were significant differences of cognitive function among senior citizens with different age,gender,number of weekly exercise,family income,family population,marital status and education level (P＜0.05 or P＜0.01).The cognitive function in senior citizens with age (85～),female,family population ≥ 6,lack of exercise,low family income levels,widowed and lower education level was lower.Total health accomplishment score in senior citizens of nursing homes was 53.65 ±20.47,total cognitive function score was 23.00±3.36.All scores were low levels.Logistic regression analysis showed that the main independent influencing factors of cognitive function in senior citizens of nursing homes were health knowledge,health skills,health attitude (OR=0.967,1.107 and 0.923,95％CI =0.941-0.994,1.017-1.204 and 0.874-0.974,P＜0.05,P＜0.01).Conclusion Health accomplishment is the major influencing factor of cognitive function in senior citizens of nursing homes.The important way for improving cognitive function in senior citizens is to increase the health accomplishment of senior citizens.
Nursing homeHealth accomplishmentCognitive function
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