The relationship between the chronic disease and health related behavior more than 60 years of age people

Objective:To investigate the chronic disease in more than 60 years of age people and analyze the influence of health related behavior.Methods:One thousand one hundred and twenty-four elder people from city and 1 157 elder people from village of Bengbu were employed using the multi-stage stratified cluster sampling method.The residents were investigated using "Health Related Behavior Questionnaire" and "Chronic Disease Questionnaire".The difference of the chronic disease of demographic-sociological point of view was analyzed using Chi-square test.The effects of demographic-sociology and health related behaviors on the chronic disease were analyzed using logistics regression analysis.Results:Two thousand and fifty-two valid questionnaires were withdrew,the effective rate of which was 90.0%,the respondents included 1 065 from city people(51.9%) and 987 from the rural community(48.1 %),1 017 man(49.6%) and 1 035 women(50.4%).The respondents age was(69.17±7.132) years old,which included 1 141 people aged 60 years more(55.6%),713 people aged 70 years more(34.7%) and 198 people aged 80 years more(9.6%).The respondents included hypertension in 887 people(43.2%),diabetes in 251 people(12.2%),chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 268 people(13.1%),stroke in 345 people(16.8%) and other chronic diseases in 552 people(26.9%).Logistic regression analysis showed the urban community,widowhood,other marital status,smoking and frequent alcohol drinking were the risk factors of hypertension,while the moderate and light taste,physical exercise and the willingness to conduct physical examination could reduce the risk of hypertention.The urban community and smoking were the risk factors of diabetes,While physical exercise could reduce the risk of diabetes.The gender,age,widowhood,other marital status,smoking,abstaining from smoking and frequent alcohol drinking were the risk factors of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD),the living conditions and the physical exercise could reduce the resk of COPD.The urban community,widowhood,smoking and frequent alcohol drinking were the risk factors of stroke,while the living with spouse,living with children,living with spouse and children,living condition,occasional drinking,eating breakfast and physical exercise could reduce the risk of stroke.The males,widowed,other marital status,smoking and frequent alcohol drinkng were the risk factors of other chromic diseases,while the smaking cessation,accasional drinkng,moderate flavor,eating breakfast and doing exercises could reduce the risk of other chronic diseases.Conclusions:The demographic sociological factors(such as community,gender,age,marital status and living condition) and health-related behaviors(such as smoking,drinking,diet taste,physical exercises and the willingness to conduct physical examination) can affect the chronic diseases in more than 60 years of age people.