ชื่อโครงการงานวิจัย: Severe Disability among Elderly Community Dwellers in Rural Thailand:

ประเภทโครงการงานวิจัย: บทความวิจัย

ชื่อผู้วิจัย: ดร.ศิราณี ศรีหาภาค

ผู้วิจัยร่วม: Siranee Sihapark1, Piyathida Kuhirunyaratn2, Hongtu Chen3

การเผยแพร่/แหล่งเผยแพร่: Journal / Ageing international

ปีงบประมาณที่สำเร็จ: 2014

วัน เดือน ปี ที่เริ่มทำ: 2012

วัน เดือน ปี ที่สำเร็จ: 2013

เอกสารประกอบ: -

บทคัดย่อ:

The Thai population structure is changing, with the growing number of elderly people leading to a higher dependency ratio. Particularly, the dependency resulted from aging related disability becomes a critical problem in rural Thailand. This study was designed to determine the prevalence and factors associated with severe disability among community dwelling elderly people in rural Thailand. The findings imply that the prevalence of severe disability in the elderly was 11.9 % (95% CI, 9.23 - 15.07). The factors associated with severe disability were, according to strength of association, co-morbidity (AOR 3.63; 95% CI 1.78-7.41), fall (AOR 3.21; 95% CI. 1.53 - 6.73), age (over 75 years) (AOR 2.78; 95% CI 1.33-5.80), and dementia (AOR 2.29; 95% CI 1.01-5.20), while participation insocial activitieswas a protective factor for severe disability (AOR 0.13; 95% CI 0.06-0.27). Therefore, to improve care for the community dwelling elderly people in Thailand, the government should focus on health promotion, enhancing the elderly people’s social participation in the society activities for the risk group, and providing long-term care for the elderly with severe disability.

 

Keywords: severe disability, elderly, rural area, activities daily living