Abstract: Objective: To investigate the expectations regarding aging and analyse its influencing factors in elderly patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Methods: Totally 335 elderly COPD patients hospitalized in the Department of Respiratory of a tertiary grade A hospital in Urumqi from January to June 2022 were selected by convenient sampling method, and the aging expectation scale, frailty phenotype scale, Morse fall risk assessment scale, etc. were used to collect data. Mutiple Liner regression was used to analyze the influencing factors of expectations on aging. Results: The total score of expectations regarding aging in elderly COPD patients was 35.29±6.28. Age, education level, whether with chronic diseases, pulmonary function grading, CAT score, social support and frailty were the influencing factors of expectations regarding aging, which accounted for 46.6% of the total variation. Conclusion: The expectations regarding aging in elderly patients with COPD need to be improved. An integrated management mode should be adopted to provide personalized health guidance, and help patients improve their ability to cope with the changes in disease, and to increase their expectations of healthy aging.

Key words: elderly; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; expectations regarding aging; influencing factor