Investigation of health status and health service needs in the elderly at Jinwan community,Zhuhai city

Guo Jun

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-4748.2015.34.003

Abstract：Objective:To understand the health status and health services demands of the elderly in community. Methods:Using stratified sampling method,281 elderly in Jinwan district were selected.A questionnaire about the health status and health services demands of the elderly in community was done.Results:Lineal family was the main family type of the elderly (70.5%).15.3% of the elderly expressed the willingness to rely on endow-ment institutions if they could not completely take care of themselves.39.1% could take medical examination consciously,at least,one times a year.53.0% suffer from at least one chronic disease,in which chronic hyper-tension was the highest (40.9%).The ratio of high salt diet elderly was 29.2%,smoking was 27.4%,alcohol consumption was 18.5%,and regular exercise was 52.3%.The elderly hoped that the healthy service could be improved at the price (67.3%),service attitude (63.3%),convenience (55.5%),and medical staff's professional technical level (34.9%).The elderly needed community health services provide health counseling,home visit, regularly medical examinations,lifestyle guidance,home care,and other aspects.Conclusion:According to the health status and demands for health services in community elderly,community health workers should take ap-propriate measures to improve community health services to meet the health needs of the elderly.