Abstract
Stjórnvöld horfa í vaxandi mæli til heilsueflandi heimsókna til að ýta undir heilbrigða öldrun og viðhalda sjálfstæði aldraðra á eigin heimili. Lítið hefur þó borið á rannsóknum á þessari þjónustu. Markmið verkefnisins var að rannsaka einkenni og afdrif tveggja hópa aldraðra einstaklinga sem ýmist þáðu eða afþökkuðu heilsueflandi heimsókn. Aðferðin var megindleg samanburðarferil-rannsókn á fyrirliggjandi gögnum í Sögukerfinu. Gögnin byggðust á upplýsingum um 148 áttræða einstaklinga sem fengu boð um eina heilsueflandi heimsókn frá heilsugæslustöðinni á Selfossi á árunum 2005-2010. Alls þáðu 100 (68%) heilsueflandi heimsókn (51 karl og 49 konur) en 48 (32%) afþökkuðu (17 karlar og 31 kona). Marktæk tengsl voru á milli þess að hafa þegið heilsueflandi heimsókn og að vera á lífi einu (p = 0,014) og tveimur (p = 0,006) árum eftir heimsóknina. Marktækur munur reyndist á svefnlyfjanotkun þeirra sem þáðu eða afþökkuðu heimsókn (p = 0,011). Þeir sem þáðu heimsókn notuðu frekar svefnlyf (44%) en þeir sem afþökkuðu (21%). Meðal þeirra sem þáðu heilsueflandi heimsókn kom í ljós að rúmlega helmingur hópsins stundaði enga reglulega hreyfingu og 71% var yfir kjör- þyngd. Gagnagöt (missing data) í gagnagrunni takmörkuðu möguleika á úrvinnslu. Til að hægt sé að meta árangur heilsueflandi heimsókna er brýnt að bæta skráningu og efla notkun staðlaðra matskvarða. Æskilegt er að samræma heilsueflandi heimsóknir á landsvísu þannig að safna megi gögnum og nýta til að meta langtímaárangur fyrir stærri hópa eldra fólks
Health authorities are increasingly looking into health promoting visits as a way to foster healthy aging and enable older adults to maintain independence in their own homes. Research, however, is limited in this area. The objective of this study was to examine the characteristics and the survival rates of two groups of older individuals who either accepted or refused a health promoting visit. A quantitative, comparative cohort design was used to analyze available data in the health registry Saga. The data were based on information about 148 individuals, 80 years of age, who were invited by the primary health care center in Selfoss to receive one health promoting visit during the years 2005-2010. A total of 100 (68%) accepted the health visit (51 men and 49 women) and 48 (32%) rejected it (17 men and 31 women). There was a significant association between having received a visit and being alive one (p = 0,014) or two (p = 0,006) years after the visit. At the start of the study period there was a significant difference of sleeping pill usage between the groups (p = 0,011). Those who accepted visits were more likely to use sleeping pills (44%) than those who rejected the visits (21%). Among the factors that characterized the group that accepted the health promoting visit were that more than half of the group did not report regular physical activity and 71% were overweight or obese. Missing data in the health registry limited data analyses. Improved documentation and use of standardized assessment methods are essential to monitor the effects of health promoting visits. Coordinating health visits for the whole nation would open up possibilities to collect longitudinal data on the visits in a larger group of older adults
Health authorities are increasingly looking into health promoting visits as a way to foster healthy aging and enable older adults to maintain independence in their own homes. Research, however, is limited in this area. The objective of this study was to examine the characteristics and the survival rates of two groups of older individuals who either accepted or refused a health promoting visit. A quantitative, comparative cohort design was used to analyze available data in the health registry Saga. The data were based on information about 148 individuals, 80 years of age, who were invited by the primary health care center in Selfoss to receive one health promoting visit during the years 2005-2010. A total of 100 (68%) accepted the health visit (51 men and 49 women) and 48 (32%) rejected it (17 men and 31 women). There was a significant association between having received a visit and being alive one (p = 0,014) or two (p = 0,006) years after the visit. At the start of the study period there was a significant difference of sleeping pill usage between the groups (p = 0,011). Those who accepted visits were more likely to use sleeping pills (44%) than those who rejected the visits (21%). Among the factors that characterized the group that accepted the health promoting visit were that more than half of the group did not report regular physical activity and 71% were overweight or obese. Missing data in the health registry limited data analyses. Improved documentation and use of standardized assessment methods are essential to monitor the effects of health promoting visits. Coordinating health visits for the whole nation would open up possibilities to collect longitudinal data on the visits in a larger group of older adults
Original language | Icelandic |
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Journal | Tímarit hjúkrunarfræðinga |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Other keywords
- Aldraðir
- Heilsuefling
- Forvarnir
- Aged
- Health Promotion
- Primary Prevention
- House Calls