摘要目的 调查石河子市社区老年人跌倒的发生情况,比较有无跌倒史的老年人对跌倒的认知情况,为老年人跌倒的预防提供依据.方法 采用分层随机整群抽样的方法抽取石河子市3个社区的804名60岁以上老年人为研究对象,采用面对面询问方式调查老年人在过去12个月跌倒的情况.结果 社区老年人跌倒的发生率为19.4%,女性高于男性(χ2=11.13,P＜0.01),跌倒发生率随年龄的增长而增加(P＜0.05).有跌倒史的老年人在身体状况自评、跌倒的自我认知、跌倒的后果、跌倒的预防方面的认知均高于无跌倒史的老年人(P＜0.05).结论 社区老年人跌倒发生率高,老年人跌倒的认知不高,应采取科学的健康教育方式提高老年人的认知.

abstractsObjective To investigate the incidence of the falls in the elderly living in community and compare the difference of its cognition between the elderly people with the falls experience and those who had no the falls experience in order to provide evidence for developing a prevention program.Methods The study was conducted in three communities in Shihezi and 804 persons aged 60 years and over were selected by the method of stratified random cluster sampling survey.The data of the falls within the past 12 months were collected by face to face interview.Results The overall incidence of the falls was 19.4% and it was higher in women (24.3%) than in men (14.9%)(χ2=11.13,P<0.001).The incidence of the falls were increasing with aging(χ2=6.22,P<0.05).The recognition of the elderly with falls experience were significantly higher than those who had no fails experience in physical status,self-cognition,consequence,prevention of the falls (P<0.05).Conclusions The incidence of the falls in the community of Shihezi was high while the cognition of the falls in.elderly was low.System health education should be taken to improve the recognition of falls.