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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2019, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (3): 322-329.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6621.2019.03.014

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Cross-sectional study on the health examination and KAP of tuberculosis for the aged group in nursing home in Shanghai

Jing CHEN1,Li-xin RAO1,Ying-qing NI2,Kai-kan GU3,Yi-hui ZHENG4,Xiao-feng LIU5,Li-hong TANG6,Peng LI7,Chun-hua XU8,Xin SHEN1()   

  1. 1 Department of Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Control, Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200336, China
  • Received:2018-09-27 Online:2019-03-10 Published:2019-03-15
  • Contact: Xin SHEN E-mail:shenxin@scdc.sh.cn

Abstract:

Objective To describe the health examination and social care received by the aged group, as well as their KAP to tuberculosis (TB), in nursing home in Shanghai.Methods From Sep. to Dec. 2017, Twenty-one nursing homes were sampled, which located in three urban districts and four suburb districts (three from each district) in Shanghai. Four hundred and thirty-eight people aged over 60 years old, who were healthy enough and willing to be investigated, were sampled from selected nursing homes. Their demographics and health situation, as well as KAP of TB were analyzed and comparisons were carried out between nursing home of urban and suburb districts.Results Totally 438 aged persons were investigated, among which, 36.8% (161/438) were male and 75.8% (332/438) were over 80 years old. 92.7% (406/438) of them were Shanghai residents and 90.9% (398/438) had education background of middle school or even lower degree. 56.8% (249/438) of them had stayed in the nursing home longer than 1 year but shorter than 5 years. 88.6% (388/438) of them had chronic disease and 50.9% (223/438) had at least two kinds of chronic diseases. 82.9% (363/438) of the aged received chest X-ray test before entering nursing home but 28.3% (124/438) were not tested after entering the nursing home. Higher proportion of the aged receiving chest X-ray test were found in urban areas than in suburban areas, both before (93.2% (179/192) vs 74.8% (184/246), χ 2=25.82, P<0.001) and after (88.0% (169/192) vs 58.9% (145/246), χ 2=44.92, P<0.001) entering nursing home. 35.4% (155/438) of the old people were visited once a week or less frequently, more visiting were found in urban areas than in suburban areas (78.6% (151/192) vs 53.7% (132/246), χ 2=29.45, P<0.001). 70.3% (308/438) of the old people never left the nursing home within one year. The proportions of the old people who knew that TB was infectious and that it was an airborne disease were 86.1% (309/359) and 72.5% (224/309) respectively. Only 29.0% (104/359) of the aged knew that anyone who had chronic cough for more than two weeks should be suspected as TB patient.Conclusion Collaboration between nursing home and health facilities need to be established and improved to provide timely health examination for the aged group. Health education about TB knowledge and social care should also be strengthened for the aged group in nursing home.

Key words: Tuberculosis, pulmonary, Aged, Homes for the aged, Cognition, Questionnaires, Outcome assessment (health care)