Healthy lifestyle in elders after discharge

• Main Authors: Chi-Wen Chiou, 邱琪雯
• Other Authors: Ching-Huey Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/13944367322072518274

碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 護理學系碩博士班 === 97 === The adoption of healthy lifestyle was essential to reduce the likelihood of morbidity, mortality, hospitalization and readmission. However, only few studies explored the healthy lifestyle and its related factors in elders after discharge. The research purpose was to explore healthy lifestyle (diet, exercise, leisure and social activity, smoking, drinking, eating betel nut, medication taking habits, and preventive healthy care ) change after hospitalization and its related factors in elders. Prospective design was used in the study. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected. A purposive sample of 60 subjects who aged over 65 in one medical center of south Taiwan had been conduct to recruit from May 12 to September 3, 2008. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data by face to face interview from admission and three month after discharge. The open-question was used in one week after discharge. Descriptive and inferential statistics was applied to analyze the data by using SPSS for Windows 14.0 statistical software. The results showed that all healthy lifestyle improved after hospital admission. There were 4 persons quit or decreased to tobacco after discharge, but 2 persons were not. The patients who had drink habits would quit or decrease amount of drink after discharge. Taking blood pressure and influenza vaccine on regular time schedule were often executing in preventive healthy care. Diet was the most improve dimension of healthy lifestyle. Subjects who were young and had enough money were good performance of diet. Results showed that 70% of subjects engaged in exercise. The rate of exercise was increased 10% after discharge. However, the amount of exercise was less than pre-test. Subjects who had enough money, less diagnosis, more than tree chronic diseases, less co-morbidity score, first admission experience, less frequency of admission during three years, long years that during last admission and no readmission were more than others to exercise. There were 66.7% of subjects took part in leisure and social activity. Recreation was the most activity that subjects attended. There were no significance difference in demographic data and health status with leisure and social activity. The mean of drug adherence after discharge was 3.92 that indicated most of subjects were good performance in taking medicines. Subjects who had on job, more than tree chronic diseases and less duration of hospitalization were good performance of drug adherence. Results of open-question showed that the assistance of family was the most improve reason of healthy lifestyle, and then was clinicians. The result of this study may provide information for clinicians and discussed with their family to improve healthy lifestyle of elderly after hospitalization.