老年人了解基本急救措施的重要性。
The importance of elderly people knowing basic first-aid measures.
机构信息
Faculty of Health Sciences, Sanitary Engineering Department, Public Health Division, University of Ljubljana, Zdravstvena pot 5, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
National Institute of Public Health, Trubarjeva cesta 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
出版信息
BMC Emerg Med. 2022 Jul 14;22(1):128. doi: 10.1186/s12873-022-00675-9.
BACKGROUND
In the event of a sudden illness or injury, elderly individuals are often dependent on self-help and mutual assistance from partners. With poor access to medical services during natural and other disasters, the importance of first aid knowledge of elderly individuals increases even more. We assessed the opinions of different generations of Slovenian population regarding the importance of knowing the basic first aid measures. In addition, we aimed to examine the knowledge of first aid in the most common emergencies that threaten elderly people's health and lives, focusing on the knowledge of elderly.
METHODS
A structured questionnaire was conducted with a representative Slovenian adult population (n = 1079). Statistically significant differences in average ratings of the importance of first aid knowledge were compared among different age groups with one-way ANOVA followed by a post hoc test. Significant differences in percentages of correct answers in particular cases of health conditions between different age groups were determined using the χ test followed by post hoc tests.
RESULTS
Slovenes are well aware of the importance of first aid knowledge and feel personally responsible for acquiring this knowledge. The general opinion is that older retirees need less first aid knowledge than individuals in younger populations. We found a high level of knowledge about symptoms and first aid measures for some of the most common health conditions that occur in old age. The level of knowledge in the group of the oldest respondents was comparable with that of younger age groups. However, their recognition of health conditions was also somewhat worse, especially when recognising the symptoms and signs of hypoglycaemia and heart attack. Most of the tested knowledge did not depend on a person's age but on the time since that person was last educated in first aid.
CONCLUSIONS
The knowledge of people older than 80 years is somewhat poorer than that in the younger population, mainly because too much time has passed since they were last educated in first aid. Public awareness of first aid needs to be increased and appropriate guidelines should be given with a focus on the elderly population.
背景
在突发疾病或受伤的情况下，老年人往往依赖于伴侣的自助和互助。在自然灾害和其他灾害期间，医疗服务的获取较差，因此老年人掌握急救知识变得更加重要。我们评估了不同代的斯洛文尼亚人对了解基本急救措施的重要性的看法。此外，我们旨在检查最常见的威胁老年人健康和生命的紧急情况的急救知识，重点是老年人的知识。
方法
我们对具有代表性的斯洛文尼亚成年人口（n=1079）进行了结构化问卷调查。使用单因素方差分析（one-way ANOVA）比较不同年龄组对急救知识重要性的平均评分的差异，然后进行事后检验。使用卡方检验（chi-square test）确定不同年龄组在特定健康状况情况下的正确答案百分比的差异，然后进行事后检验。
结果
斯洛文尼亚人非常清楚急救知识的重要性，并认为个人有责任获得这些知识。普遍的观点是，年长的退休人员比年轻人群体需要更少的急救知识。我们发现，对于一些在老年时最常见的健康状况，人们对症状和急救措施有较高的了解。在年龄最大的受访者群体中，知识水平与年轻年龄组相当。然而，他们对健康状况的识别也有些较差，尤其是在识别低血糖和心脏病发作的症状和体征时。大多数测试的知识都不取决于一个人的年龄，而是取决于这个人上次接受急救教育的时间。
结论
80 岁以上人群的知识水平略低于年轻人群，主要是因为他们上次接受急救教育已经过去太久。需要提高公众对急救的认识，并应制定适当的指南，重点关注老年人口。
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