Analysis of the current situation and influencing factors of disease knowledge of elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Chongqing grassroots level
Objective To understand the disease knowledge of elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD)in grassroots areas of Chongqing,and to provide evidence for the prevention and treatment of COPD.Methods From November 2021 to May 2022,a total of 612 elderly patients with COPD were randomly selected from the grassroots areas of Chongqing for a cross-sectional study.The self-de-signed socio-demographic questionnaire and COPD knowledge questionnaire were used to investigate.Logis-tic regression model was used to analyze the influencing factors of disease knowledge in elderly patients with COPD.Results A total of 612 questionnaires were distributed,of which 578 valid were recovered,with an ef-fective recovery rate of 94.4%.The average score of disease knowledge of 578 elderly COPD patients was(4.73±2.57)points,with a full score of 13 points.Among them,the highest scoring rate of a single item was 81.3%,and the scoring rate of five items was less than 20.0%.The results of logistics regression analysis showed that region(P<0.001)and income(P<0.001)were the influencing factors of disease knowledge in elderly COPD patients.Conclusion The disease knowledge of elderly patients with COPD in the grassroots areas of Chongqing is not ideal,and the region and income are the influencing factors.The team of general practitioners and various levels of medical and health management departments should strengthen health edu-cation for patients and reduce the incidence of serious diseases caused by cognitive impairment.