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Chinese Journal of Nursing Education ›› 2025, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (1): 116-121.doi: 10.3761/j.issn.1672-9234.2025.01.019

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Survey on the services’ recommendation degree among the older adults living in the medical and elderly care combination institutions in Xianning City

CHEN Yangyang(),KONG Linglin(),WANG Xueyan,ZHANG Junlan   

  • Received:2024-04-11 Online:2025-01-15 Published:2025-01-16

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the current situation of the recommendation degree of the combined medical and elderly care services for the older adults living in the institutions in Xianning City and in order to provide reference for improving the quality of the services. Methods A total of 216 elderly residents from 11 municipal exemplary the combined medical and elderly care institutions in Xianning City were recruited by convenience sampling. A self-designed questionnaire was used to investigate the general information,the understanding,satisfaction and recommendation degree of the elderly living in these institutions. Results Among 216 elderly residents,163(75.5%) recommended the combination of medical and elderly care services,42(19.4%) generally recommend it,and 11(5.1%) did not recommend it. Single factor analysis showed the comparison of the recommendation degree of elderly people was significant different among participants with spouse or not(Z=2.379,P=0.017). Besides,a number of factors were positively correlated with the recommendation degree of the combined medical and elderly care services for the elderly living in the institutions including the understanding degree of the combined medical and elderly care services(r=0.242,P<0.001),the satisfaction degree of institutional overall services(r=0.169,P=0.013),the satisfaction degree of medical services(r=0.309,P<0.001),dietary status(r=0.304,P<0.001),institutional environment,hardware facilities(r=0.195,P=0.004) and staff service levels(r=0.198,P=0.003). Conclusion The recommendation degree of the combined medical and elderly care services for elderly living in the institutions in Xianning City is relatively high. It is recommended to increase policy support,strengthen publicity to improve the traditional concepts of the elderly. At the same time,institutions need to further enhance the supply of medical services and the diet health management ability of the elderly,and pay more attention to the psychological comfort services of the elderly,so as to continuously improve the quality of the combined medical and elderly care services.

Key words: Aged, Combination of medical and elderly care, Services, Recommendation degree, Questionnaires