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Cognitive Function and Its Related Factors Among the Elderly People Affiliated with Long-term Care Insurance Services in Rural Areas

일부 농촌지역 장기요양급여노인들의 인지기능상태와 관련 요인

  • Shin, Eun-Sook (Department of Health Administration, Joongbu University) ;
  • Cho, Young-Chae (Department of Preventive Medicine and public Health, Chungnam National University School of Medicine and Research Institute for Medical Sciences)
  • 신은숙 (중부대학교 보건행정학과) ;
  • 조영채 (충남대학교 의학전문대학원 예방의학교실 및 의학연구소)
  • Received : 2011.08.26
  • Accepted : 2011.10.06
  • Published : 2011.10.31
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Abstract

This study was performed to determine the levels of MMSE-K among the elderly people affiliated with long-term care insurance services in rural areas, and to reveal its association with related variables. The interviews were performed, during the period from March 1st, to May 31th, 2009, to 410 elderlies in rural areas. As a results, The prevalence of cognitive functions among all subjects were 80.5% of severe cognitive impairment, 11.7% of mild cognitive impairment, and 7.8% of normal. The prevalence of cognitive functions were lower according to the higher grade of long-term care insurance. And the prevalence of cognitive functions were lower in the group of lower educational level, unemployed, live alone, lower monthly income, bear for living expenses by sons and daughters and medical aid, lower visual acuity, with urinary incontinence, with amnesia, without regular exercise and lower frequency of going out than their respective counterparts. The hierarchial multiple regression analysis was used to reveal the explanatory powers of factors influencing on the cognitive functions level. Such factors as age, bear for living expenses, visual acuity, urinary incontinence, amnesia, regular exercise and grade of long-term care services were significantly influenced with cognitive functions. especially the factors of health status were significantly influenced with cognitive functions.

본 연구는 장기요양보험급여를 받고 있는 노인들의 장기요양등급에 따른 인지기능상태를 파악해 보고, 인지 기능에 영향을 미치는 관련요인을 규명해 보고자 시도하였다. 조사는 충청남도 9개 군의 농촌지역에서 장기요양보험 급여를 받고 있는 노인 410명을 대상으로 2009년 3월 1일부터 5월 31일까지의 기간 동안에 표준화된 무기명식 면접조사용 설문지를 사용하여 면접조사 하였다. 연구결과, MMSE-K를 사용하여 측정한 전체 조사대상자의 인지기능상태는 확정적 인지기능장애(19점 이하)가 80.5%, 인지기능장애 의심(20~23점)이 11.7%, 확정적 정상(24점 이상)이 7.8%로 나타났다. 조상대상자의 인지기능은 장기요양등급이 높을수록 유의하게 낮은 것으로 나타났으며, 교육정도가 낮을수록, 직업이 없는 군, 혼자 산다는 군, 월수입이 낮은 군, 생활비를 자녀가 조달하거나 정부의 보조를 받는다는 군, 귀의 부자유가 있다는 군, 요실금이 있다는 군, 건망증이 있다는 군, 규칙적인 운동을 하지 않는다는 군, 외출을 거의 하지 않는다는 군에서 유의하게 낮았다. 조사대상자의 인지기능에 영향을 미치는 요인으로는 연령, 생활비 조달원, 눈의 부자유 유무, 요실금유무, 건망증유무, 규칙적인 운동 여부 및 장기요양등급이 유의한 변수로 선정되었으며, 특히 건강상태를 나타내는 변수들이 인지기능과 높은 관련성이 있었다.

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