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Assessment of medical home care
needs in Turkish populationSaime Sahinoz1, Turgut Sahinoz2,
Hasan Huseyin Eker3, Suleyman Ersin Unlu4ABSTRACT
Objective:
To determine the home healthcare needs of the elderly so as to develop proper home Healthcare Services.Methodology: This descriptive study was carried out in a county of Kocaeli province-Turkey. Data was collected through a specially designed questionnaire through face to face interview technique. The data were analyzed by the computer using the SPSS package program. Chi-square test was used for the statistical analysis.
Results: This study showed that 14.6% of the population had at least one diagnosed disease. Among them, 1.8% was disabled, 4.1% was elderly and 1.1% of the households were in need of home care services.
Conclusions: Home care needs were found to be low in this study. Its main cause was that elderly population was not aware of the availability of such a service in the country.
KEY WORDS:
Home Care, Needs Assessment, Turkey.Pak J Med Sci July - September 2010 Vol. 26 No. 3 688-691
How to cite this article:
Sahinoz S, Sahinoz T, Eker HH, Unlu SE. Assessment of medical home care needs in Turkish population. Pak J Med Sci 2010;26(3):688-691
1. Saime Sahinoz,
2. Turgut Sahinoz,
3. Hasan Huseyin Eker,
4. Suleyman Ersin Unlu,
Specialist Dr., MD, Family Medicine Specialist,
Ministry of Health,
General Directorate of Primary Health Care,
Turkey.
1-3: Assist. Prof. Dr., MD,
Public Health Specialist, Department of Nursing,
Health College, Gumushane University, Turkey.
Correspondence
Sahinoz Saime,
Assist. Prof. Dr., MD,
Public Health Specialist,
Department of Nursing, Health College,
Gumushane University,
Gumushane, 29100,
TURKEY.
E-mail: drsahinoz@gmail.com
* Received for Publication: January 6, 2010
* 1st Revision Received: January 18, 2010
* 2nd Revision Received: April 30, 2010
* Final Revision Accepted: June 2, 2010
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