InfLuencing factors of heaLth seeking behavior among ruraL residents of Yanchuan County in Yan'an City
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2019.07.010
- VernacularTitle:延安市延川县农村居民就医行为影响因素分析
- Author:
Xia WANG
1
;
Fang'e LIU
;
Shaobo ZHANG
;
Qianzhen HUA
;
Yanqiang WANG
;
Rongrong FENG
;
Jiu CHENG
;
Na LI
;
Lin WANG
Author Information
1. 西安培华学院医学院,西安 710125
- Keywords:
Cross-sectionaL studies;
HeaLth seeking behavior;
RuraL residents;
InfLuencing factors
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2019;25(7):838-844
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective? To understand the heaLth seeking behavior among ruraL residents of Yanchuan County in Yan'an City and to anaLyze its infLuencing factors. Methods? From JuLy 2017 to August 2017, we seLected 552 ruraL permanent residents of Yanchuan County in Yan'an City by convenience sampLing. ALL of them were investigated with the seLf-designed heaLth seeking behavior questionnaire for ruraL residents. The binary Logistic regression was used to anaLyze the infLuencing factors of heaLth seeking behavior among ruraL residents. ResuLts? When ruraL residents were iLL, 224 (40.58%) ruraL residents bought medicines for treatment, 216 (39.13%) knew disease reLated knowLedge and 352 (53.01%) ruraL residents attended ruraL cooperative medicaL care. Binary Logistic regression showed that the infLuencing factors of heaLth seeking behavior of ruraL residents incLuded ages, monthLy income, attending insurance or new ruraL cooperative medicaL care, knowing disease reLated knowLedge, diet ruLes and the proportion of vegetabLes and meats each meaL. ConcLusions? HeaLth conscious of ruraL residents is weak; the heaLth seeking behavior is traditionaL, backward and negative;they Lack knowLedge on heaLth, medicaL treatment, heaLth care and emergency treatment and their medicaL insurance participation is inactive. Government sector shouLd pay attention to heaLth seeking behavior of ruraL residents, strengthen the deveLopment of ruraL doctor team and cLinics in viLLages and towns,improve medicaL care system and ruraL cooperative medicaL care so as to soLve the probLems high cost and difficuLty of getting medicaL service among ruraL residents.
