Studies from Harbin Medical University Have Provided New Information about Health and Medicine (Effects of individual, family and community factors on the willingness of institutional elder care: a cross-sectional survey of the elderly in China)

2020 FEB 28 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Daily China News -- Current study results on Health and Medicine have been published. According to news reporting originating from Heilongjiang, People’s Republic of China, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “To investigate the effects of the willingness to live in elder care institutions associated with individual factors, family environment and the community environment in the elderly in China. Cross-sectional survey. Heilongjiang Province, China. A total of 1003 elderly people were selected through multistage sampling in Heilongjiang Province.”

Funders for this research include China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Harbin Medical University, “A multistage, stratified sampling design was employed. Differences in health status, family environment and community environment of the respondents were compared with the t-test and ch test. Logistic regression analysis was performed to assess key determinants of willingness to live in institutions. This study showed that 45.4% of respondents were willing to live in elder care institutions in the future. Factors influencing willingness to live in elder care institutions were age, house ownership, living with spouse and children, disease caregivers and availability of home healthcare services. The elders who had no property (OR=2.37, 95% CI 1.750 to 3.200, p<0.01) and those aged 80 or above (OR=2.25, 95% CI 1.490 to 3.400, p<0.01) were, respectively, 2.370 and 2.250 times more receptive to living in elder care institutions than their control groups. However, those living with a spouse (OR=0.47, 95% CI 0.287 to 0.762, p<0.01), living with children (OR=0.25, 95% CI 0.158 to 0.402, p<0.01) or living with a spouse and children (OR=0.29, 95% CI 0.160 to 0.509, p<0.01) were less willing to live in elder care institutions. These results suggest that the willingness to enter elder care institutions is affected by individual, family environmental and community environmental factors.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “We should vigorously develop community-centred intensive home-based elder care services by improving the quality and availability of home health services by expanding investment in the community.”

For more information on this research see: Effects of individual, family and community factors on the willingness of institutional elder care: a cross-sectional survey of the elderly in China. Bmj Open, 2020;10(2):e032478. (BMJ Publishing Group - http://group.bmj.com/; Bmj Open - http://bmjopen.bmj.com/)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Y. Xing, Dept. of Health Management, School of Health Management, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, People’s Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include Z. Wang, W. Yan, X. Sun, X. Zhang, S. Huang and L. Li.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032478. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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