Table 2.
Scores of health needs and need rates of community elders(n = 611)
| Number | Health Needs Project | Score (‾x±s) |
Health Need Rate (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lecture on mental health | 1.34 ± 1.22 | 266(43.5) |
| 2 | Rehabilitation exercise knowledge | 1.59 ± 1.19 | 315(51.6) |
| 3 | Dietary health knowledge | 1.62 ± 1.18 | 321(52.5) |
| 4 | Knowledge of medication safety | 1.63 ± 1.17 | 323(52.9) |
| 5 | Knowledge of chronic health care | 1.55 ± 1.18 | 307(50.2) |
| 6 | Knowledge of common infectious disease prevention | 1.62 ± 1.17 | 321(52.5) |
| 7 | Catharsis on the use of rehabilitation training and rehabilitation physiotherapy instruments | 1.67 ± 1.18 | 331(54.2) |
| 8 | Family first aid measures for cerebral hemorrhage | 1.53 ± 1.19 | 303(49.6) |
| 9 | Knowledge of family rescue of hyperglycemia crisis or hypoglycemia coma caused by diabetes | 1.51 ± 1.19 | 299(49.0) |
| 10 | First aid knowledge for the timely management of traumatic injuries in the fractured limb | 1.56 ± 1.19 | 309(50.6) |
| 11 | All-day telephone consultation service | 1.62 ± 1.70 | 321(52.5) |
| 12 | Community Medical Care Welfare and Resource Introduction Center | 0.21 ± 0.58 | 42(6.9) |
| 13 | First aid knowledge of poisoning | 0.20 ± 0.40 | 40(6.5) |
| 14 | First aid measures for upper gastrointestinal bleeding | 0.12 ± 0.33 | 24(3.9) |
| 15 | Day Care Centers | 2.07 ± 1.96 | 412(67.4) |
| 16 | Oxygen inhalation | 1.80 ± 2.22 | 357(58.4) |
| 17 | Increase the construction of facilities and places for elderly fitness and entertainment activities in the community | 2.00 ± 1.98 | 397(65.0) |
| 18 | Regularly organized physical examinations | 2.15 ± 1.54 | 426(69.7) |
| 19 | Blood glucose monitoring | 1.98 ± 2.05 | 392(64.2) |
| 20 | Chronic disease case management / health card establishment | 1.79 ± 2.24 | 355(58.1) |
| 21 | Electrocardiogram | 1.90 ± 2.53 | 376(61.5) |
| 22 | Hospice care | 1.97 ± 1.32 | 389(63.7) |
| 23 | Community geriatric care specialist clinic | 1.87 ± 1.86 | 370(60.6) |
| 24 | Intramuscular and intravenous injection | 1.92 ± 1.64 | 381(62.4) |
| 25 | Emergency care for sudden illness | 1.56 ± 0.81 | 309(50.6) |
| 26 | Establish a Medical Alert Systems | 2.04 ± 0.76 | 404(66.1) |
| 27 | Physical cooling | 0.27 ± 0.61 | 54(8.8) |
| 28 | Wound dressing change washing | 0.32 ± 0.86 | 64(10.5) |
| 29 | Family bed | 0.21 ± 0.58 | 42(6.9) |
| 30 | Auxiliary expectoration | 0.43 ± 0.65 | 85(13.9) |
| 31 | Help relieve pain | 0.26 ± 0.92 | 51(8.3) |
| 32 | Oral health care | 0.53 ± 0.87 | 105(17.2) |
| 33 | Specimen collection | 0.15 ± 0.68 | 30(4.9) |
| 34 | Enema | 0.06 ± 0.24 | 13(2.1) |
| 35 | Nasogastric feeding | 0.14 ± 0.35 | 27(4.4) |
| 36 | Auxiliary defecation | 0.17 ± 0.56 | 34(5.6) |
| 37 | Urinary incontinence bladder training guidance | 0.15 ± 0.36 | 30(4.9) |
| 38 | Regular door-to-door service | 0.06 ± 0.47 | 12(2.0) |
| 39 | Catheterization | 0.04 ± 0.19 | 8(1.3) |
1 = no need, 2 = low need, 3 = moderate need, and 4 = high need