Study on survey analysis and countermeasures of elderly health management services in Hainan Province / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the current situation and requirements of the health management services among the middle-aged and elderly people in Hainan province for optimizing the health management service pattern. Methods The random sampling method was adopted to perform the survey and analysis on the current situation and requirements of the health management services among 600 middle-aged and elderly people by using the mode of questionnaire combined with interview. Results Totally 575 respondents completed the questionnaire. 43.1% of respondents could correctly understand the concept of health, 40.5% of them thought that "Health is the condition without disease" ;the main ways for getting the health knowledge by these people were mainly joining the intercommunication meeting of health management (97. 2%), phone counseling (94. 4%) and brochures (90.3%) ;the requirements of the health management service mainly focused on the middle age and elderly people aged 45- 59 years old. The most needed health management service items were the mental health service (99.0 %), cultural entertainment service(97.4 %) and health care recovery(84 %). The health management requirements had no statistical difference compared with the gender (x2 = 0. 678, P= 0. 712), cultural degree (x2 = 5. 584, P = 0. 471 ) and medical insurance situation (x2 = 3. 886, P = 0. 420) ;but compared with the age, the difference was statistically significant (x2 = 9. 697, P = 0.04). Conclusion The consciousness of health management among middle age and old people needs to be increased,the health management information platform construction and propaganda promotional efforts should be strengthened, the cooperation between government and enterprise should be strengthened, the pertinence of the health management service should be enhanced and the related policy laws and regulations should be perfected.