分析新竹地區中老年族群於健康行為、健康意向與慢性疾病知識間關連之研究

Analyze the Relationship of Chronic Diseases Knowledge, Health Behavior and Health Beliefsin Older Adults–A Case Study for Hsinchu Area

二十一世紀的來臨，同時也預示全球高齡化社會的到來。當面臨人口急速老化與醫療進步使平均壽命延長後，慢性疾病的患病率亦伴隨年齡增加而有所成長，不僅嚴重威脅老年人的健康，更造成生活品質的下降。環顧國內外探討引發慢性疾病的研究呈現多元的發展，學者與機構相繼針對慢性疾病提出防治與解決方法，然而受限於慢性疾病本身特陸所限制，甚或引發程度不一的醫療品質，歸納其產生原因大抵根源民眾對於慢性疾病知識掌握不完全所導致。因此如何預防慢性疾病以及了解慢性疾病等相關知識，儼然已成為現代人應有的基本健康生活概念。本研究根據中老年族群就個人經驗及生活情境的差異，在面對慢性疾病危險因子的瞭解程度不一的現況下提出五大假設。透過新竹地區中老年族群為對象進行實地訪問與調查，運用皮爾森相關係數與多變量統計分析方法瞭解個人健康行為模式、健康意向狀況與慢性疾病知識問關鍵因素分析，相關的研究結果在本文中有進一步的說明。

In the 21st century, demographic shifts in the population will lead to a further increase in the proportion of elderly and consequently of people with chronic diseases. According to the literature reviewed, we found many studies have been provided several methods for possible chronic diseases problems. However, few studies paid attention to explore the chronic diseases knowledge. Hence, this study has proposed five divided hypotheses for causes of chronic diseases knowledge. In addition, a survey health questionnaire was tested to assess chronic disease knowledge, health beliefs, and lifestyle practices among small area (Hsinchu), 55 and older. Hypotheses on age, Gender, socioeconomic status, health status, and health behaviors issue were tested. Further Person's correlation and Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) tests that age group differences on chronic disease knowledge to carry on the analysis of the key factor. Finally, this study try to find whether there is a phenomenon of chronic diseases knowledge drop shape in the old. There is further explanation in the content of this article.