RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS AMONG ELDERLY PEOPLE IN THE NEW FOREST AREA AS ASSESSED BY POSTAL QUESTIONNAIRE
RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS AMONG ELDERLY PEOPLE IN THE NEW FOREST AREA AS ASSESSED BY POSTAL QUESTIONNAIRE
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DOI：
10.1093/ageing/20.5.325
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发表时间：
1991-09-01
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影响因子：
6.7
通讯作者：
HOWELL, JBL
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作者：
HORSLEY, JR;STERLING, IJN;HOWELL, JBL
开展这项研究是为了估计65岁及以上人群中呼吸道症状的患病率，并评估邮政调查在获取这一信息方面的价值。采用年龄分层随机抽样的方法，从新森林四家集团诊所的年龄-性别登记簿中抽取2011名受试者（957名男性）进行问卷调查。共有1803人回复，剔除136名死亡或迁离该地区的人后，回复率为96.2%。对355名（20%）随机选择的受试者验证了回答的准确性。40%的人没有呼吸道症状。运动性呼吸困难很常见（38%），患病率随年龄增长而增加，但与吸烟史无关，是10%受试者报告的唯一症状。目前吸烟者仅占14.2%；85岁及以上的研究对象中有更多的人终生不吸烟。226例（16.4%）患有慢性支气管炎，在吸烟者中更为常见；151人（8.4%）有哮喘史，其中一半（76人）有活动性哮喘，这在非常年长的受试者中略少见。只有489名（27.1%）的受试者在前2年内因胸部症状就诊。
This study was carried out to estimate the prevalence of respiratory symptoms among people aged 65 years and older and assess the value of a postal survey in obtaining this information. A questionnaire was sent to 2011 subjects (957 men) drawn by age-stratified random sampling from the age-sex registers of four New Forest group practices (1:3.3 sample). A total of 1803 replied, a 96.2% response after excluding 136 who had died or moved from the area. The accuracy of replies was verified for 355 (20%) randomly selected subjects.Forty per cent had no respiratory symptoms. Exertional breathlessness was common (38%), increasing in prevalence with age but not with smoking history, and was the only symptom reported by 10% of subjects. Only 14.2% were current smokers; more of the subjects aged 85 years and over were lifelong non-smokers. Two hundred and ninety-six (16.4%) had chronic bronchitis, which was more common among smokers; 151 (8.4%) gave a history of asthma, of whom half (76) had active asthma, which was slightly less common among the very elderly subjects. Only 489 (27.1%) of subjects had seen their doctors with chest symptoms during the preceding 2 years.