Dietary Nutrition And Health Correlational Study Among Elderly In Jiamusi Urban Areas

Objective:Objective to investigate the nutritional knowledge,attitude and dietary behavior of the elderly in Jiamusi,and the prevalence of chronic diseases,BMI and quality of life in the elderly,to analyze the effect of dietary behavior on the health status of the elderly,such as chronic diseases,BMI and quality of life,and put forward effective measures to improve the condition of the elderly and the quality of life.To provide theoretical basis for health education for the elderly in community,and to provide the scientific basis for the national and local governments to formulate relevant health policies and service measures for the elderly.Methods:Stratified cluster random sampling method,In four districts of Jiamusi city(Qianjin District,Xiangyang District,Dongfeng district and suburb),cluster sampling in residential communities,a total of 72 residential areas.Basic information questionnaire for the elderly nutrition knowledge and attitude questionnaire,based on the purpose of the study Chinese residents dietary nutrition and Health Questionnaire(CNHS)and quality of life questionnaire(SF-36),and one to one questionnaire was used to 60 years old residents(including 60 years),across-sectional survey of the elderly.Using Epidata3.0 for data entry,the application of SPSS19.0 for statistical description and inference of data(α=0.05).Conclusion: The nutrition knowledge of the elderly in Jiamusi city is good,and 54.12% of the elderly have a good score on the knowledge of nutrition;however,the correct rate of nutritional attitude was lower,only 22.61% of the elderly scored well;the dietary behavior and life behavior of the elderly in the urban area were better,and there was no difference in the scores of diet behavior and life behavior.The BMI status of the elderly in Jiamusi city is poor,overall BMI high,47.9% of the elderly are obese.Income level,living pattern,past occupation,marital status and continuing work are the main influencing factors of BMI in the elderly.The prevalence rate of chronic diseases was high in the elderly,and the prevalence of chronic diseases was 67.82%,a chronic disease of the elderly accounted for 227 of the population of 30.29%,the elderly patients with two chronic diseases were accounted for 183,accounting for 24.34%,with three or more chronic diseases,there were 100 people accounted for 13.3%.The eight dimensions of the SF-36 scale were in turn PF=83.74±12.33,RP=77.79±38.37,BP=67.41±15.41,GH=59.41±16.71,VT=75.88±13.73,SF=78.74±13.73,RE=82.89±34.40,MH=74.13±13.32,the scores of each dimension decreased with age the scores of the two comprehensive indexes were,The score of PCS was 72.09 ± 16.65,and the score of MCS was 75.72±12.33,The total score of quality of life was 119.86±12.84.