To assess the demands of community-based health care service among 717 elderly / 中华流行病学杂志
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
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(12): 888-891, 2005.
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Dans Chinois
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>UNLABELLED</b>OBJECTIVE To understand the demands and influencing factors on the community-based health care service (CHS) among the elderly and to provide evidence of implementing health service for them</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Cluster sampling method was used on 717 persons aged 60 and above in Yanjiao Developing Area. A survey was carried out, using questionnaire and focus group discussion approaches.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Data showed that a two-week prevalence of diseases was 56.3% while the overall prevalence of chronic diseases was 92.1% with 70.0% of them suffering from more than two kinds of chronic diseases. The rates of ADL and IADL loss were 1.8% and 7.0% respectively with 37.0% of them sought medical consultation in the past two weeks. Major reason affecting the use of health service was low income. 57.7% of the elderly expressed their willingness of accepting CHS with the strongest demands as regular physical check-up, health education and consultation, specialized care services, home care service while major reasons hindering the acceptance of CHS could be referred to self-perception on good stamina and lack of awareness to CHS.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The demands of CHS in the elderly were greater than those in general population that called for CHS programs to be acceptable and relevant to meet the different needs.</p>
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WPRIM (Pacifique occidental)
Sujet Principal:
Acceptation des soins par les patients
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Chine
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Enquêtes de santé
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Services de santé communautaires
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Besoins et demandes de services de santé
Type d'étude:
Etude diagnostique
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Recherche qualitative
Limites du sujet:
Adulte très âgé
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Femelle
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Humains
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Mâle
Pays comme sujet:
Asie
langue:
Chinois
Texte intégral:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
Année:
2005
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Article
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