Examination of Health Data of Elderly Individuals Registered with Family Medicine: A Retrospective Study

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 14 Sayı: 3, 815 - 820, 30.09.2024

Mustafa Nal , Ferda Başoğlu Ertaş

https://doi.org/10.33808/clinexphealthsci.1429535

Öz

Objective: The research aims to determine the utilization of health services by elderly individuals registered in family medicine according to their sociodemographic characteristics and mobile service usage.
Methods: The population of the research consists of 417 individuals aged 65 and over who are registered with a family health center in the west of Türkiye. The retrospective research method was used in this research. In the study, the information of elderly people aged 65 and over registered with family medicine was used.
Results: In the study, it was determined that there was a statistically significant relationship between old age and gender, educational status, place of residence, and mobile service availability. It has been determined that mobile services are the most used in middle age (55.2%). Additionally, it was determined that 97.8% of mobile service users had not been vaccinated (Influenza Vaccine, Hepatitis B Vaccine, Tetanus-Diphtheria Vaccine).
Conclusion: The results revealed that mobile health services are inadequate for elderly individuals. As a solution, it is recommended to increase the number of days of mobile health service for rural areas or to establish a family medicine unit in these villages.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Elderly, family medicine, health services, mobile health services

Etik Beyan

This study was approved by Ethics Committee of Non-Interventional Clinical Research Ethics Committee of Kütahya Health Sciences University (11.01.2023 and 2023/01-25 number of approval).

Destekleyen Kurum

The authors have no funding source to declare.

Teşekkür

This study is derived from Ferda BAŞOĞLU ERTAŞ's non-thesis master's degree project titled "Examination of Health Data of Elderly Individuals Registered in Family Medicine: A Retrospective Research".

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