Health Status and Physical Function in the Community Dwelling Elderly Women with Different Physical Activity Level

運動度不同之社區居住老人的健康狀況及身體功能

傳麗蘭(Li-Lan Fu)

《中華民國物理治療學會雜誌》 24卷6期 (1999/11) Pp. 392-399

https://doi.org/10.29616/JPTAROC.199911.0003

摘要

本研究的主要目的是探討運動度不同之社區居住老人的健康狀況及身體功能。受測者來源是一個老人活動中心。凡是六十五歲以上且研究期間不是居住在機構內的老年人都符合測試條件。總共詢問250位是否有意願，結果有70位同意參與本研究，最後有50位完成所有測試。受測者首先完成一份自評問卷，問卷內容包括健康狀況、功能狀況、及運動度高低的評量。另外也測量其身體功能、單腳站立平衡、坐姿階登測試、肌力測試及步態評估。最後將受測者依其自評活動度高低分成三組，比較各組之健康狀況及身體功能。結果顯示在運動偵測器所的活動度結果、手握肌力、年度看病次數、吃藥種類、患病種類等幾項上，活動度高低不同的人有顯著的差異。活動度最低的一組明顯的比其他兩組有較差的健康狀況及功能狀況。

關鍵字

老年人 ； 身體功能 ； 活動度

並列摘要

Objective. The objective of this study was to examine health status and physical function for community dwelling elderly women differing in physical activity level. Subjects. Subjects were recruited from a senior activity center. Only those who were older than 65 years of age and were non-institutionalized qualified for this study. There were 200-250 people approached and 70 of them agreed to participate. Fifty of them finished all assessment. Methods. Subjects were interviewed and assessed for both self- reported questionnaire (self-reported health status, Function Status Questionnaire (FSQ) and Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE)) and performance-based measurement (Physical Performance Test, static balance, chair step test, muscle strength testing, gait analysis). To compare the health status and physical function between elderly individuals having different self-reported physical activity levels, subjects were divided into three groups by tertile of the reported physical activity according to the PASE. Results. The results demonstrated that activity monitor responses, grip strength, annual number of physician visits, number of medications used and number of disease diagnosis were significantly different among individual having different physical activity levels. Least active group had significantly lower health status and functional level than the other two groups. Conclusion. Health status and physical function could be the limit to physical activity participation according to the present study.

並列關鍵字

Health status ； Physical function ； Physical activity level ； Elderly