Edwardson S R, Dean K J, Brauer D J
University of Minnesota, USA.
J Aging Health. 1995 Aug;7(3):402-16. doi: 10.1177/089826439500700304.
Although lay referrals are known to be important as factors affecting the use of professional services, less is known about how individuals use lay consultation in evaluating symptoms. The amount and type of advice given by persons in the social network is especially important with respect to self care of symptoms that never reach the attention of professional caregivers. This article provides information on how often and from whom elderly citizens seek and receive consultation, such as family and friends, when they experience common symptoms. Findings suggest that female relatives are important sources of advice but that neither gender nor living arrangements are closely related to the tendency to seek lay advice for common symptoms. Subjects who consulted lay advisers about arthritic symptoms also were more likely to seek professional consultation.
虽然人们知道非专业转诊作为影响专业服务使用的因素很重要，但对于个人如何利用非专业咨询来评估症状却知之甚少。就那些从未引起专业护理人员注意的症状的自我护理而言，社交网络中的人提供的建议的数量和类型尤为重要。本文提供了有关老年公民在出现常见症状时向家人和朋友等寻求并获得咨询的频率以及咨询对象的信息。研究结果表明，女性亲属是重要的建议来源，但性别和生活安排与就常见症状寻求非专业建议的倾向均无密切关联。就关节炎症状咨询非专业顾问的受试者也更有可能寻求专业咨询。
