マネージド・ケア・オーガナイゼーションのメディケア加入者の健康に関する識字度
J A Gazmararian1, D W Baker, M V Williams
1Prudential Center for Health Care Research, Atlanta, GA 30339, USA. julie.gazmararian@prudential.com
JAMA
|February 18, 1999
まとめ
多くの高齢のメディケア加入者は,機能的な健康に関する識字能力が低いため,健康に関する情報を理解する能力が低下しています. この研究は,高齢者のための改善された健康コミュニケーション戦略の必要性を強調しています.
科学分野:
- ゲロントロジーはゲロントロジーの学科です.
- 医療リテラシー研究 健康リテラシー研究
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
背景:
- 高齢者は,健康に関する重要な情報を理解する上で困難に直面することが多い.
- 健康に関する知識の欠如は,高齢者が健康を効果的に管理する能力を著しく阻害する可能性があります.
研究 の 目的:
- コミュニティ居住のメディケア登録者間で不十分なまたは限界の機能的健康識字率の流行を評価する.
- この集団における健康に関する識字率の低さに関連した要因を特定する.
主な方法:
- 65歳以上の3260人のメディケア加入者に対して,横断調査を実施した.
- 機能的健康識字は,成人における機能的健康識字の短テスト (S-TOFHLA) を使用して測定されました.
- データは,米国の異なる場所の4つの管理ケアプランから収集されました.
主要な成果:
- 英語話者の3分の1以上 (33.9%) とスペイン語話者の半数以上 (53.9%) は,健康に関する知識が不十分または限界であることを示した.
- 流行率は,場所,人種/言語,年齢,教育,職業,認知障害によって変化しました.
- 健康に関する識字は年齢とともに著しく低下し,85歳以上の人はリスクがはるかに高かった.
結論:
- 管理された高齢者介護の登録者のかなりの割合は,機能的な健康に関する識字能力が低い.
- この赤字は,健康指導や自己ケア能力についての理解を妨げることがあります.
- 医療制度は,高齢者の健康状態を改善するために,これらの識字障害に対処しなければなりません.
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