Investigation of cognitive ability among people aged 65 years or over in the elderly housing in ChongQing / 重庆医科大学学报

Objective:To investigate the situation of cognitive ability among people in the elderly housing in Chongqing.Methods:A cross-sectional study was respectively conducted among the elderly people aged 65 years or above sampled from each elderly housing in Chongqing's eight primary districts.The cluster sampling method was based on the Mini-Mental State Examination(MMSE),Activity of daily living scale(ADL),Symptom checklist 90(SCL-90) and demographic questionnaire.Results:In the aspects of gender,profession and education,there were significant differences between the well-being elders and the diseased elders(P