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Preventive health care services utilization and its associated factors among older adults in rural communities in Anambra State, Nigeria

机译：尼日利亚农村社区农村社区老年人的预防保健服务利用及其相关因素

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Introduction:quality of life and life expectancy of people are improved when preventive health care services are utilized because these identify treatable health problems and puts life-threatening diseases in check. Morbidity and mortality associated with age-related chronic disease among the older adults is on the increase, therefore, this study aims at determining preventive health care services utilization among older adults in rural communities in Anambra State.Methods:a cross sectional design adopted for this study was carried out on older adults from the ages of 65 years and above in rural communities in Anambra State from October 2019 to January 2020. Data were collected through researcher-administered structured questionnaire. Data were analysed using univariable and multivariable regression analysis.Results:a total of 1944 older adults participated with an overall cluster percentage of 40.6% older adults utilizing investigated preventive health care services. The results of the multivariable analysis indicates that the following factors were associated with utilization of preventive healthcare services: male gender (aOR: 0.443, 95%CI: 0.281 - 5.472, p=0.47), level of education; primary (aOR: 1.536, 95%CI: 1.201 - 5.261, p=0.00), secondary (aOR: 4.516, 95%CI: 3.192 - 6.242, p=0.00), and tertiary (aOR: 3.407, 95%CI: 3.199 - 5.666, p=0.00)], income of N50,000-N100,000 (aOR: 2.754, 95%CI: 1.066 - 10.766, p=0.01), and N100,000 and above (aOR: 4.233, 95%CI: 1.846 - 12.811, p=0.00)], and health insurance [aOR: 0.691, 95%CI: 0.422 - 1.945, p=0.03].Conclusion:preventive health care services were under-utilized. Creating awareness on the importance of utilizing preventive health care services is highly recommended since most age-related chronic diseases once established may last a lifetime and affect quality of life and wellbeing.Copyright: Ifunanya Rosemary Obi et al.
机译：简介：当使用预防保健服务时，人们的生活质量和预期寿命得到改善，因为这些识别可治疗的健康问题并使威胁危及生命的疾病进行检查。与老年人的年龄相关的慢性病有关的发病率和死亡率正在增加，因此，本研究旨在确定Anambra State州农村社区的老年人的预防医疗服务利用。方法：采用横断面设计从2019年10月至1月2020年10月到2020年10月，从65岁及以上的老年人进行了研究。通过研究人员的结构化问卷收集数据。使用单变量和多变量的回归分析进行分析数据。结果多变量分析的结果表明，以下因素与预防医疗保健服务的利用有关：男性性别（AOR：0.443,95％CI：0.281 - 5.472，P = 0.47），教育水平;初级（AOR：1.536,95％CI：1.201 - 5.261，P = 0.00），次级（AOR：4.516,95％CI：3192 - 6.242，P = 0.00）和第三级（AOR：3.407,95％CI：3.199 - 5.666，p = 0.00），N50,000-N100,000的收入（AOR：2.754,95％CI：1.066 - 10.766，P = 0.01）和N100,000及以上（AOR：4.233,95％CI ：1.846 - 12.811，p = 0.00）]和健康保险[AOR：0.691,95％CI：0.422 - 1.945，P = 0.03]。结论：利用预防保健服务。强烈建议提高对利用预防医疗保健服务的重要性，因为大多数相关的慢性疾病曾经成立，可能持续一生，影响生活质量和幸福。柔小乐：Ifunanya Rosemary Obi等。

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