Oksuz Ersoy, Onat Elif, Shahzadi Andleeb, Yazici Zeliha, Cetin Cumali
Department of Home Health Service, Malatya State Hospital, Malatya, Turkey.
Department of Medical Pharmacology, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
North Clin Istanb. 2015 Jan 24;1(3):166-172. doi: 10.14744/nci.2014.14633. eCollection 2014.
Home Health Care Unit a unit provides health services for elderly, bedridden and individuals with chronic diseases at home along within the frame of the diagnosis, and treatments of the relevant experts. Therefore, it is intended to reduce the probable physical and emotional burden related to the patient that arise by commuting to the hospital, to increase the number of empty beds for other patients and to improve the living standard by reducing the risk of hospital infection. In this study, the demographic characteristics of housebound patients, their general disease and its relationship with age and gender was investigated.
The following study was performed on 626 active patients of Malatya State Hospital Home Health Care Unit from January to November 2014. Data were analyzed using Microsoft Excel Program.
The study included 60.5% (n=379) female and 39.5% (n=247) male patients. The highest group consisted of patients with 80 years or above 37.7% (n=236). Cerebrovascular disease (CVD) (n=95; 25.0%), senility (n=56; 14.8%) and Alzheimer's disease (n=50; 13.2%) were commonly observed in women. Male patients had CVD (n=54; 21.8%), femur fracture or gonarthrosis which required surgery (n=28; 11.3%), and fracture due to trauma or traffc accidents (n=28; 11.3%), senility and Alzheimer's disease (n=218.5%).
In recent years home health care units became even more important after the gradual increase in the elderly population and injuries due to accidents. This study can help to provide home health care units in a more effcient manner by educating the staff and relatives who take care of the patients.
家庭健康护理单元是一个在相关专家的诊断和治疗框架内，为家中的老年人、卧床不起者和慢性病患者提供健康服务的单元。因此，其旨在减轻患者因往返医院而可能产生的身体和情感负担，增加医院留给其他患者的空床数量，并通过降低医院感染风险来提高生活水平。在本研究中，对居家患者的人口统计学特征、其常见疾病以及与年龄和性别的关系进行了调查。
对2014年1月至11月期间马拉蒂亚州立医院家庭健康护理单元的626名现患患者进行了以下研究。数据使用Microsoft Excel程序进行分析。
该研究纳入了60.5%（n = 379）的女性患者和39.5%（n = 247）的男性患者。年龄在80岁及以上的患者组占比最高，为37.7%（n = 236）。女性中常见的疾病有脑血管疾病（CVD）（n = 95；25.0%）、衰老（n = 56；14.8%）和阿尔茨海默病（n = 50；13.2%）。男性患者患有CVD（n = 54；21.8%）、需要手术治疗的股骨骨折或膝关节炎（n = 28；11.3%）、因外伤或交通事故导致的骨折（n = 28；11.3%）、衰老和阿尔茨海默病（n = 21；8.5%）。
近年来，随着老年人口的逐渐增加以及事故导致的受伤情况增多，家庭健康护理单元变得愈发重要。本研究有助于通过培训照顾患者的工作人员和亲属，以更高效的方式提供家庭健康护理服务。
