Abstract:
Objective To study the effect of age-friendly services combined with self-management, mutual-management, group-management (SMG) in physical examination and health management of elderly patients with chronic diseases.
Methods A total of 300 patients with chronic diseases who underwent health examination in the Health Examination Center of Ji'nan Second People's Hospital from January to August 2022 were selected and divided into control group (150 cases) and study group (150 cases). The control group was managed by SMG mode, and the study group was managed with age-friendly services plus SMG mode. Observe the efficiency of physical examination, compliance with medical advice, physical examination results, and quality of life of the two groups before and after the intervention. T test wasused for comparison of measurement data between the two groups.
Results After the intervention, compared with the control group, the study group had shorter waiting time for medical examination, time taken to complete the medical examination (t=12.646 and 16.471, P < 0.01), higher scores for medical compliance (t=-9.520, -13.367, -11.896 and -20.452, P < 0.01), better physical examination results (t=12.076, 11.243, 12.272 and 7.400, P < 0.01), and higher SF-36 scores (t=-10.088, -11.723, -11.487 and -10.124, P < 0.01).
Conclusion Age-friendly services combined with SMG model applied to elderly patients with chronic diseases can enhance the efficiency of physical examination, improve patients' compliance with medical advice, promote the improvement of physical examination indicators, and improve the quality of life, which is worthy of further promotion and application in clinical practice.
Key words:
Age-friendly service,
Self-management, mutual-management, group-management mode,
Chronic disease,
Physical examination,
Health management,
Senior citizen
Yuanyuan Yang, Ru Jia, Maohui Ye, Xin Huang, Yanjiao Guo. Effectiveness of age-friendly services combined with SMG model in physical examination and health management of elderly patients with chronic diseases[J]. Chinese Journal of Geriatrics Research(Electronic Edition), 2023, 10(03): 51-55.