Establishment of social support network of chronic disease elderly and effect analysis / 重庆医学

Objective To analyze the Chengdu municipal social support network of chronic disease elderly to provide refer-ence for systematically building and perfecting the pension system of urban community chronic disease elderly.Methods The self-designed questionnaire and convenience sampling method were adopted to perform the investigation on 234 aged patients with chro-nic disease from Chengdu City.Results The prevalence rates of one,two,three or more chronic diseases were 56.84%,27.78%and 15.38% respectively.The demands for economic,care and spiritual support in the elderly patients with chronic disease were 66.70%,50.00% and 78.20% respectively.The education degree,fixed monthly income,monthly average cost of disease,number and time of suffering from chronic diseases affected the demands for social support.The economic,care and social support degrees were(3.72 ± 1.37),(3.90 ± 1.19)and(3.64 ± 1.08)point respectively.Level of education,marital status,fixed income,duration of illness,and cost of illness affected the social support degree.The economic and care support mainly came from the spouses and chil-dren,but the spiritual support not only came from the inside family,but also the part came from the outside family.Conclusion Constructing a perfect social support network with multiple approaches of community and family is conducive to improve the quality of life in chronic disease elderly.

Analysis of the concept of internal strength in patients with chronic disease / 中国实用护理杂志

Objective To analyze of internal strength in patients with chronic disease,make clear the concept development,property,prerequisites,outcome and evaluation index of internal force.Methods To retrieve the relevant research literature in the knowledge service platform of Pubmed,PsycINFO and Chinese CNKI,Wanfang data,using the Rodgers analysis method to analyze the evolution of the concept of internal force.Results The molding process of internal strength of patients with chronic diseases included 4 defining characteristics:self concept,support,development and transcendence.Conclusions Rodgers evolution concept analysis method can help medical workers make clear concept essence of internal strength,deepening their cognition and understanding,so as to provide the basis for the implementation of the related research and clinical interventions.