Objective To investigate the prevalence of chronic diseases and accompanied anxiety-depression disorders in elderly inhabitants in communities in Beijing. Methods A total of 2235 Beijing Dongsi community-dewelling subjects were randomly selected (age ≥50 years).The prevalence of common community-onset diseases were investigated,such as hypertension,heart disease,diabetes,and osteoarthrosis,etc. The level of anxiety-depression disorder was evaluated using Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) and Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS). Results The most common chronic diseases in Dongsi community were essntial hypertension,heart diseases,diabetes,and osteoarthrosis. Compared with the subjects suffering no chronic diseases,the ones with chronic diseases had a significantly higher prevalence of anxiety-depression disorder. The prevalence of anxiety-depression disorder rose significantly with the increased number of chronic diseases. Conclusion The elderly community-dewellings who already suffer from chronic diseases are more likely to have anxiety-depression disorder. There may be a mutual relationship between chronic diseases and anxiety-depression disorder.?更多