Investigation and analysis of influencing factors of the needs for smart elderly care services among community older adults in main urban areas of Chongqing
10.3760/cma.j.cn211501-20220415-01163
- VernacularTitle:重庆市主城区社区老年人智慧养老服务需求调查及影响因素分析
- Author:
Dehui KONG
1
;
Siqi LIU
;
Lei LEI
;
Yu LUO
Author Information
1. 中国人民解放军陆军军医大学护理系，重庆 400038
- Keywords:
Aged;
Community;
Needs;
Smart elderly care
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2022;38(28):2161-2169
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate status quo of smart elderly care needs of community older adults in main urban areas of Chongqing, and to analyze the influencing factors.Methods:A survey, using convenience sampling method, involving 452 community older adults in 9 districts in urban areas of Chongqing, was conducted by the General questionnaire and Smart Elderly Care Needs questionnaire from October to December, 2021. And analyze the influencing factors of the demand for smart elderly care needs.Results:In the demand for smart elderly care needs of the community elderly in the main urban area of Chongqing, the scores of needs for daily life care, social and emotional support, daily medical care and emergency medical assistance were 3.39 ± 1.45, 3.60 ± 1.28, 3.80 ± 1.19 and 3.87 ± 1.27, respectively. The results of ordinal Logistic analysis showed that gender, age, living alone and education level were the influencing factors of daily life care needs( P<0.05). Age and living alone were the influencing factors of social and emotional support and emergency medical assistance needs( P<0.05). Daily medical care needs were influenced by living alone( P<0.05). Conclusions:Community older adults in main urban areas of Chongqing have high level of needs for smart elderly care. Smart elderly care should focus on the ones with higher demand, namely those living alone, older, male and poorly educated, so as to promote active aging.
