ABSTRACT
The study aimed to identify the felt common health problems, utilisation of health services and unmet needs of urban and rural elderly people of Bhaktapur district, Nepal. It was a cross sectional population study of people aged 60 years or more where 204 respondents were interviewed in 2009. The common felt problems were pain and swelling of joints (65.7%), indigestion (63.7%), excessive tiredness (38.2%) and hypertension (35.8%). Pain and swelling of joints (72.5%) and back pain (40.4%) were higher in rural elderly population whereas indigestion (67.6%) and hypertension (37.85%) were higher in urban population. Pain and swelling of joints (66.7%) and indigestion (69.6%) were higher in males, and hypertension (50.0%), back pain (38.2%) and chronic bronchitis/asthma (39.2%) were higher in females. The unmet needs varied between different health problems. In general women had more unmet needs than men, where 80 unmet needs were identified for the 102 men compared with 105 for the 102 women, and these unmet needs increased dramatically with age. This approach yields new insights into the health care needs of the elderly and will be helpful to health care planners.
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Delivery of Health Care/statistics & numerical data , Health Care Surveys , Health Services Needs and Demand/statistics & numerical data , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Asthma/epidemiology , Bronchitis/epidemiology , Chronic Disease , Cross-Sectional Studies , Dyspepsia/epidemiology , Fatigue/epidemiology , Female , Humans , Hypertension/epidemiology , Joint Diseases/epidemiology , Male , Middle Aged , Nepal/epidemiology , Pain/epidemiology , Rural Population/statistics & numerical data , Sex Factors , Urban Population/statistics & numerical dataSubject(s)
Communication , Medicine , Television , Computer Communication Networks , Education, Medical , Humans , Online Systems , Radio , TelecommunicationsSubject(s)
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning/etiology , Aged , Carbon Monoxide Poisoning/diagnosis , Environmental Exposure , Female , Humans , Male , Middle AgedABSTRACT
The increased involvement of statisticians in the publication of biomedical research has resulted in increased communication between statisticians and biomedical journal editors. This paper considers ways to enhance positive interactions between statisticians and journal editors. Specific questions addressed are: What are the most serious statistical problems in manuscripts? What statistical design information should the methods include? How can editors identify papers that need statistical review? How can editors interpret what statistical reviewers say? How can editors identify statisticians who are willing to review manuscripts?
