Analysis on satisfaction degree of health education needs and its influencing factors among the elderly in Tian-jin
Objective To understand the satisfaction degree of health education needs and related influencing fac-tors among the elderly in Tianjin,and to provide evidence for formulating targeted intervention strategies.Methods In March of 2023,a multi-stage stratified sampling method was used to randomly select a central urban area and a remote sub-urb in Tianjin,three streets or towns were randomly selected for each district,one committee or administrative village was randomly selected in each street or town,and 100 people over 65 years old were investigated in each committee or adminis-trative village.The content of questionnaire mainly included 4 parts:information acquisition and satisfaction of needs of health education,behaviors and health status,basic information and self-care ability assessment.Logistic regression model was used to analyze the influencing factors of health education needs among the elderly.Results A total of 638 people were investigated,and 39.0%of them said they could not tell whether the acquired health knowledge was true or not.82.0%of the elderly wanted to acquire knowledge of healthy lifestyle.17.0%of the elderly did not meet their needs for health education.The results of mul-tivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the needs of health education were more difficult to be met among the elderly who lived in the central urban area(OR=0.481,95%CI:0.309-0.750),had fallen down(OR=0.406,95%CI:0.184-0.898)or were 80 years old or over(OR=0.556,95%CI:0.331-0.934).Conclusion The ability of health information acquisition and discrimination needs to be improved.In order to improve the satisfaction level of health education needs,we should strengthen the accurate supply of health education service for the elderly with different characteristics.