Choi Kyungwon, Park EunA, Lee In-Sook
Department of Nursing, Hyechon University, Daejeon, Korea.
J Korean Acad Nurs. 2012 Apr;42(2):291-301. doi: 10.4040/jkan.2012.42.2.291.
The purpose of this study was to investigate homebound status and significant related factors for community-dwelling female elders according to age.
The participants were female elders over 65 years of age registered in public health centers. Data were collected by interviewing the elders, who voluntarily completed the entire survey. For data analysis, descriptive statistics and multiple logistic regression were performed using SPSS version 18.0.
There were statistically significant differences in homeboundness and related factors between the young-old (65 to 74 years of age) and the old-old (75 years of age or older). The level of homeboundness of the old-old was higher than that of the young-old. Multiple logistic regression showed, timed "up and go", depression, and fear of falling as significantly associated with homebound status of the young-old, while hand grip strength (right), timed "up and go", static balance ability, severity of urinary incontinence, and fear of falling as significant for the old-old.
The findings of this study indicate that homebound status and related factors for elders are different according to age, and therefore, interventions to prevent and help homebound elders get over being homebound should be developed according to age.
本研究旨在根据年龄调查社区居住老年女性的居家状态及相关重要因素。
参与者为在公共卫生中心登记的65岁以上老年女性。通过对自愿完成整个调查的老年人进行访谈来收集数据。数据分析采用SPSS 18.0版进行描述性统计和多元逻辑回归分析。
年轻老年人（65至74岁）和高龄老年人（75岁及以上）在居家状态及相关因素方面存在统计学显著差异。高龄老年人的居家程度高于年轻老年人。多元逻辑回归显示，计时“起立行走”、抑郁和害怕跌倒与年轻老年人的居家状态显著相关，而右手握力、计时“起立行走”、静态平衡能力、尿失禁严重程度和害怕跌倒对高龄老年人具有显著性。
本研究结果表明，老年人的居家状态及相关因素因年龄而异，因此，应根据年龄制定预防和帮助居家老年人克服居家状态的干预措施。
