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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 11 Cognitive function in old age Hebei Province Factors Study: Liu Hui, Zhang Weili Liu Dianwu Liu Zhikun [Abstract] Objective of the Oldest Old in Hebei Province cognitive impairment and influencing factors in order to improve the quality of their lives and achieve healthy aging. Methods of cluster sampling method, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, Baoding, Handan Tangshan City, and 519 senior citizens over 90 years old to investigate the situation of cognitive impairment. Results of cognitive function dependent on the Oldest Old in Hebei Province was 25.63%, female, widowed, not to participate in physical exercise, smoking and activities of daily living capacity problems exist the risk of cognitive impairment is higher. Conclusion of cognitive function in old age, Hebei Province factors for gender, marital status, whether to participate in physical exercise, smoking, and that barriers to activities of daily living. [Keywords:] oldest old, cognitive function, factors Refers to the cognitive function, including perception, memory, language, abstract thinking and other advanced features, including the brain. When people enter the aging stage, the abnormal decline in cognitive function may affect the quality of life of older persons. In this study, in Hebei Province 90 elderly people over the age of the Oldest Old survey to understand the occurrence of cognitive impairment and influencing factors in order to impose the appropriate targeted interventions to improve the quality of their health and quality of life. 1 Subjects and methods 1.1 The object according to the administrative divisions of Hebei Province and geographical characteristics of cluster sampling method, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, Baoding, Tangshan, Handan City and 81 counties under the jurisdiction of the rural and some urbangt; = 90 years old to investigate the elderly were access to meet the requirements of the 519 oldest old, aged 90 ~ 104 (average