The willingness to family care bed service and its influencing factors among the elderly with chronic diseases
- VernacularTitle:老年慢性病患者对家庭病床服务的意愿及影响因素分析
- Author:
Lifang HE
;
Shumei LIAO
;
Yuren ZHENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
The elderly with ehronic disease;
Family care bed;
Willingness;
Influencing faetor
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2008;24(13):14-16
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objeetive To investigate the willingness to family care bed service and its influencing factors among the elderly with chronic diseases. Methods A three-stage random sampling method was adopted to carry out face-to-face questionnaire investigation in 652 community elderly patients with chron-ic diseases. Results The willingness to family care bed service was 57.2%.Its influencing factors includ-ed age,educational level,family economic income,activity of daily living,whether or not received treatment within 2 weeks and hospital stay within 1 year,whether or not understood the meaning of family care bed service or received it or similar at home service. Conclusions More than a half of the elderly with chronic diseases were willing to accept family care bed service.The community health service center or hos-pital should attaeh importance to and actively carry out family care bed service.They should enhance propanda work to induct the utilization of family care bed service by edlder people with chronic disease and tackle and satisfy their health requirement.
