Kua E H
Department of Psychological Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.
Singapore Med J. 1991 Aug;32(4):221-4.
The functional status of a random sample of 180 elderly Chinese 75 years and older, living in the community in Singapore was assessed. The questionnaires used were the Older Americans Resources and Services (OARS) and the Geriatric Mental State (GMS) schedules. The subjects were divided into two age groups: (i) 75-79 and (ii) 80 years and above. On the social resources rating scale, 29.2% of the younger age group and and 22.4% of the older group had unsatisfactory social relationship or uncertain availability of help if needed. About 8.9% of the younger group and 23.9% of the older group needed assistance everyday in some activities of daily living. Moderate and severe impairment of mental health was noted in 22.1% and 26.9% of the two groups respectively. Only 1.7% of the sample had moderate and severe impairment in both social resources and activities of daily living. The significance of this study on needs and services for elderly people in the future, is discussed.
对居住在新加坡社区的180名75岁及以上的中国老年人随机样本的功能状况进行了评估。所使用的问卷是《美国老年人资源与服务》（OARS）和《老年精神状态》（GMS）量表。受试者被分为两个年龄组：（i）75 - 79岁和（ii）80岁及以上。在社会资源评分量表上，较年轻年龄组中有29.2%的人和较年长组中有22.4%的人社会关系不令人满意，或者在需要时获得帮助的可能性不确定。较年轻组中约8.9%的人和较年长组中23.9%的人在某些日常生活活动中每天都需要帮助。两组中分别有22.1%和26.9%的人存在中度和重度心理健康损害。样本中只有1.7%的人在社会资源和日常生活活动方面都存在中度和重度损害。讨论了这项研究对未来老年人需求和服务的意义。
