Prevalence and influencing factors of chronic diseases among the elderly in Southwest China: A cross-sectional study based on community in urban and rural areas.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the influencing factors affecting chronic diseases of elderly in Kunming.

Methods

Data were collected from November 2020 to August 2021.The crosssectional study based on community was adopted. And hierarchical random sampling was used. A face to face questionnaire survey was conducted among the respondents or family caregivers. The contents we collected mainly include general demographic characteristics and other related influencing factors, self-reported chronic diseases and disability status.

Results

1161 elderly were investigated in total. The percentage of non-communicable chronic disease among the rural elderly was higher than that of urban elderly. Binary logistic regression analysis showed that in urban areas, female (OR: 0.592;95 %CI:0.396

SUBMITTER: Su W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11263618 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature