Analysis of housebound status and psychologic factor in elderly

Objective To understand the status of housebound and its psychologic factor in community elderly of Tangshan.Methods Five communities were selected at random with clustered sampling from Tangshan city.The standard questionnaire was used to get information from senior citizen aged over 60.The criterion of housebound was the frequency of daily activity out of home equal or less than one tmie a week.At the same tmie,the psychologic status of the elder was in vestigated.Results The incidence of housebound was 18.78%.There was a significant statistic difference between different age groups(P<0.01).The incidence of housebound increased along with the age increaseing and was higher in widowed than in coupled people and higher in female than in male.The incidence showed a difference between different occupations and was lower in cadre senior citizen.The incidence of housebound was affected by psychologic status of the elders and was higher in those with self evaluation as uhhea lthiness,loneliness and depression.Conclusion The incidence of housebound in elders is high.It is necessary to take action to intervene and control the housebound among elders.