To investigate the characteristics of geriatric syndrome of elderly patients in hospital.

From June 2017 to May 2018, 235 elderly patients admitted to Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region people's Hospital were selected. Among them, 117 patients aged between 80 and 95 years old (group A) and 118 patients aged between 65 and 79 years old (group B). To compare the characteristics of geriatric syndrome between the two groups.

There was no significant difference in general information between the two groups (P>0.05). The incidence of cognitive impairment, urinary incontinence, visual impairment, hearing loss and gait balance and myocytosis in group A was significantly higher than that in group B (χ²=12.254, 6.871, 10.647, 24.634, 6.749, 41.979, P<0.05). In group A, logistic regression analysis showed that with the increase of age, the incidence of cognitive impairment, urinary incontinence, visual impairment, hearing loss, gait balance disorder and myopenia increased (P<0.05); the prevalence of urinary incontinence in women was higher (P<0.05); the prevalence of gait balance disorder and sarcopenia was higher in men (P≤0.01); the prevalence of sarcopenia in ethnic minorities was higher (P<0.05); the prevalence of urinary incontinence was higher in non-diabetic patients (P<0.05), and the prevalence of gait balance disorder and myositis was higher in diabetic patients (P≤0.01); the prevalence of gait balance disorder was higher in CHD patients (P<0.05); other diseases may also affect the prevalence of gait balance disorders and sarcopenia (P<0.05 or P<0.01).

The elderly patients in different age groups were different in the geriatric syndrome and the elderly patients should make an individualized health care plan according to the evaluation of the geriatric syndrome.