Abstract:
Objective To investigate the occurrence of geriatric syndrome in different pension institutions.
Methods In June 2019, 40 elderly people in a military sanatorium in Beijing and 40 elderly people in a senior nursing home in Beijing were selected, all of them had lived in the institution for more than 3 years. Comprehensive assessment of the elderly was used for screening and comparison, including general situation, lifestyle, health status, disease and medication status, geriatric syndrome/age problems, functional status, and quality of life. T test was used to compare the measurement data, and the χ2 test was used to compare the counting data.
Results More than 50% of the respondents had abnormal comprehensive evaluation results, including micronutrient status, visual impairment, constipation and weakness. Compared with a senior nursing home in Beijing, the proportion of elderly patients with mini nutritional assessment short form, mini-mental state examination, self-rating depression scale, and sleep disorders, urinary incontinence, constipation, falls and weakness in a military sanatorium in Beijing were significantly lower than those in a senior nursing home in Beijing (χ2=29.463, 4.226, 5.591, 9.899, -, 5.000, 11.168, 5.333, 0, P < 0.05).
Conclusion The combination of medical care and pension is more conducive to healthy and scientific pension.
Key words:
Pension institutions,
Comprehensive geriatric assessment,
Geriatric syndrome
Lili Liu, Dongbo Sun, Guanghui Wang, Lian Cui, Wenjing Huo, Wei Fang, Jianxin Ma. Investigation and analysis of geriatric syndromes in two different pension institutions[J]. Chinese Journal of Geriatrics Research(Electronic Edition), 2020, 07(04): 40-43.