Cross-sectional study on the community medical care service of chronic diseases of the elderly in an urban area
- VernacularTitle:老年人慢性病的社区医疗保健需求研究
- Author:
Qingfeng TIAN
;
Liuxin CUI
;
Ping HAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
the elderly;
community health service;
physical examination;
health state;
cross-sectional study
- From:Journal of Third Military Medical University
2003;0(11):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study the health state and service of the elderly in the Tongbai community. Methods The educational degree, disease histories, daily living capability, health care demand and the controlled state of hypertension and diabetes were recorded by questionnaires and physical examination. Results Overweight or obesity (66.1%) was the common disease, hypertension (42.2%) next, then coronary disease (10.0%) and diabetes (9.1%). Nearly 43.3% hypertension patients never or seldom measured their blood pressure. The rate of ideal blood pressure was lower than 25%. 30.4% diabetes patients never or seldom measured their fasting glucose and 69.3% patients never or seldom measured their post-meal glucose. 46.1% of the elderly required one or more kinds of community health services, in which annual health examination was 32.6%, and the next was health guide (23.0%), 53.9% of the elderly had no requirement of community services except medical care. Conclusion The elderly in community had high prevalence and poor control of chronic diseases. They did not fully understand the community health services, which brought the challenges to the medical care, health prevention, health education and reasonable utility of hygiene resources in community health services.
