Zhigang He|Zhaohui Cheng|Tian Shao|Chunyan Liu|Piaopiao Shao|Ghose Bishwajit|Dan Feng|Zhanchun Feng
Factors Influencing Health Knowledge and Behaviors among the Elderly in Rural China
Huazhong University of Science and Technology|Huazhong University of Science and Technology|Huazhong University of Science and Technology|Huazhong University of Science and Technology|Huazhong University of Science and Technology|Huazhong University of Science and Technology|Huazhong University of Science and Technology|Huazhong University of Science and Technology
health knowledge behaviors key elements ensure high quality health elderly study explored determined conditions factors health knowledge behaviors affect elderly rural chinaa crosssectional research approach random stratified sampling method used 12 towns 48 villages chongqing municipality henan zhejiang provinces china june september 2013 collected data included 1 sociodemographic characteristics 1593 elderly people 2 accuracy rate health knowledge elderly analyzed compared among three sample areas using chisquare test 3 mean scores health behaviors elderly analyzed compared using analysis variance anova multiplelinear regression method used analyze factors affecting health knowledge behaviors elderlysignificant differences observed among nine items health knowledge questionnaire p 0000 0001 average accuracy rate nine items 5743 significant differences observed among eleven items health behaviors elderly sample rural areas p 0000 0001 age economic level degree education distance home medical institutions disposable personal income dpi affect scores health knowledge behaviors elderly p 0000 0001lack health knowledge poor health behaviors common among elderly sample areas rural china deficiency poses serious threat promotion health conditions improvement level health quality among elderly different types access sources health knowledge used increase health knowledge scores elderly various potential intervening measures also adopted improve health behaviors elderly people