Application of health management programme among elderly adults living in rural areas of Beijing
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-0815.2014.01.010
- VernacularTitle:北京市农村地区老年人健康管理服务现状研究
- Author:
Xingming LI
;
Hongyan YANG
;
Yuan MA
;
Yifan LI
;
Mengxuan ZOU
;
Xiangyu KUANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Aged;
Rural health;
Cross-sectional studies
- From:
Chinese Journal of Health Management
2014;8(1):31-35
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To learn current status of health management services in the elderly individuals living in rural areas of Beijing,so as to provide evidence for healthcare improvement.Methods The elderly residents aged 60 or above from several rural districts of Beijing were selected by using multistage random sampling method in January 2013.The health management programme those participants obtained and their satisfactory scale were evaluated.Results A total of 719 of 1 023 (71.3％) individuals had health check-up over the past years.Only 4 subjects (0.4％) obtained mental health management,and 35 (4.9％) finished follow-up studies for chronic diseases.The percent of the elderly who received physical examination,profiles of medical record,health education,medical consultation,health evaluation,cancer screening or vaccination showed statistically significant difference of regional distribution (x2 values were 15.7,39.4,30.5,25.2,24.1,18.4 and 19.3,respectively; all P＜0.05).Sites for health check-up,profiles of medical record and health education were also found to have statistically significant regional distribution difference (all P＜0.05).In ordinal logistic regression analysis,age,occupation,health insurance,self health assessment and health medical affected satisfaction of the respondents with health management.Conclusions Our investigation shows a gap between current health management programme and national standard requirement for equal public health services,and the elderly's satisfaction with health management needs to be improved.
