A Comparative Study on the Intervention Patterns for Primary Osteoporosis in Community
- VernacularTitle:原发性骨质疏松症社区干预方式效果的研究
- Author:
Biyu CHEN
;
Shuoqi LI
;
Lan WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Primary osteoporosis;
Community intervention;
Intervention pattern;
Effectiveness
- From:
Chinese Journal of Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases
2006;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the intervention patterns which people are apt to accept and medical staff operate them simply and conveniently for primary osteoporosis in community. Methods With cluster random sampling method, 850 residents who met the selective standards were selected from four communities. Every community was divided into five districts; each district took one of intervention patterns, including health lectures, home visiting, telephone interviewing, follow-up letter, fixed-point counseling, etc. At the end of two years' intervention, all of subjects accepted the final investigation, data were collected and analyzed. Results The acceptance rates of intervention patterns were 94.0% for telephone interviewing, 89.2% for home visiting, 70.6% for health lectures, 27.2% for letter follow-up and 19.5% for fixed-point counseling. The recognition rates of manipulating these measures in medical staff were 78.9% for telephone interviewing, 70.7% for health lectures, 66.7% for home visiting, 22.2% for letter follow-up and 15.0% for fixed-point counseling. The ratio of cost to effectiveness of telephone interviewing was 1.79 which was the minimum, but the ratio of cost to effectiveness of fixed-point counseling was the maximum which was 13.79. Conclusion Health lectures, home visiting and telephone interviewing are applicable intervention measures to prevent POP in community.
