我国老龄化伴随有规模庞大、增长率快等特点,成为国家发展的一大挑战。科学地评价老年人自立状态,进行对自立影响因素的相关研究,可以帮助我国建立以老年自养为目的的新型养老模式,从而缓解老龄化带给国家、社会、家庭的沉重负担。本文就近年来国内外有关老年人自立生活能力及其危险因素方面的流行病学研究现状综述如下。 Aging in our country is accompanied by a large scale and rapid growth rate and has become a major challenge to the development of our country. Scientifically assessing the status of self-reliance of the elderly and conducting relevant research on the factors influencing self-reliance can help our country establish a new pension model aimed at the aged self-support so as to ease the heavy burden on the nation, society and families brought by aging. In this paper, the current status of epidemiological studies on the independent living ability and risk factors of the elderly at home and abroad in recent years are summarized as follows.