Laboratory Features of Home Health Care Patients

Year 2019, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 16 - 22, 30.04.2019

Zeynep Karaali , Beste Tacal Aslan Mehmet Burak Aktuğlu Macit Koldaş Elif Sinem İplik Bedia Çakmakoğlu

https://doi.org/10.26650/experimed.2019.19003

Abstract

DOI:
10.26650/experimed.2019.19003

Objective: The increasing need for home
health care services is essential for the elderly population and also for
people with disabilities, chronic illness, or terminal-phase disease in Turkey
and around the world. The aim of this study was to statistically analyze the
laboratory data of patients who were followed up by the Home Health Care Units
of Haseki Training and Research Hospital.

Materials and Methods: The study population
included 575 patients who registered for home health care services at Istanbul
Haseki Training and Research Hospital between 2011 and 2013. The patients’ database
records were analyzed according to sex, age group, types of disease, and
laboratory findings.

Results: Our results are consistent with
the literature in that the patients aged 65 years or over and being followed up
by a home care unit had high C-reactive protein but low albumin levels, and the
prevalence of anemia was common among these patients (p<0.05).

Conclusion: The results of the study can be
used to support the introduction by health policy makers and health
professionals of home care as an alternative delivery system in the Turkish
health sector.

Cite this article as: Karaali Z, Tacal
Aslan B, Aktuğlu MB, Koldaş M, İplik ES, Çakmakoğlu B. Laboratory Features of
Home Health Care Patients. Experimed 2019; 9(1): 16-22.

Keywords

Home health care, age, geriatrics, disease

Evde Bakım Hastalarının Laboratuvar Özellikleri

Abstract

DOI:
10.26650/experimed.2019.19003

Amaç: Evde sağlık hizmetleri, yaşlı popülasyonu
engelli insanlar, kronik hastalığı olan insanlar terminal dönemdeki hastalardan
dolayı Türkiye ve dünyada artış göstermektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Haseki Eğitim
ve Araştırma Hastanesi Ev Sağlık Birimleri tarafından takip edilen hastaların
laboratuvar verilerini istatistiksel olarak analiz etmektir.

Yöntemler: Çalışmaya, 2011-2013 yılları
arasında İstanbul Haseki Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi evde sağlık hizmetinden
yararlanan 575 hasta dahil edilmiştir. Hastaların veri tabanı kayıtları
cinsiyet, yaş grubu, hastalık tipleri ve laboratuvar bulgularına göre analiz
edilmiştir.

Bulgular: Elde ettiğimiz sonuçlara göre,
literatürle uyumlu olarak, evde bakım ünitesinde izlenen 65 yaş ve üzeri
hastaların yüksek C-reaktif proteinleri, ancak düşük albümin seviyelerine sahip
oldukları ve anemi prevalansının bu hastalar arasında yaygın olduğu görülmüştür
(p<0.05).

Sonuç: Çalışma sonuçları, sağlık
politikalarını düzenleyenler ve sağlık uzmanları tarafından Türk sağlık sektöründe
alternatif bir sistem olarak, evde bakım ünitelerinin kullanılabileceğini düşündürmüştür. 

Cite this article as: Karaali Z, Tacal
Aslan B, Aktuğlu MB, Koldaş M, İplik ES, Çakmakoğlu B. Laboratory Features of
Home Health Care Patients. Experimed 2019; 9(1): 16-22.

Keywords

Evde sağlık bakım ünitesi, yaş, geriyatri, hastalık

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