Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 18, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18010027
Keywords
older adults; social networks; instrumental activities of daily living; unmet medical needs
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This study examined the effects of social networks on unmet medical needs among older adults with limited instrumental activities of daily living in a community setting. It found that factors such as annual household income, participation in social activities, and physical support were predictors of unmet medical needs for male subjects, while factors such as annual household income, number of chronic diseases, living situation, frequency of contacting close friends, and emotional support were predictors for female subjects.
This study was conducted to identify the effects of social networks on unmet medical needs among older adults with limited instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) who live in a community. This study analyzed data from 2281 older adults with limited IADL from the 2017 National Survey of Older Koreans. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, X2 tests, t-tests, and logistic regression analysis. About 73.0% of the subjects were female and 15.8% of the subjects had experienced unmet medical needs. The predictors of unmet medical needs according to gender are as follows: annual household income, participation in social activities, and physical support for male subjects and annual household income, number of chronic diseases, living alone in a household, living with others in a household, frequency of contacting close friends, and emotional support for female subjects. The findings of this study will be utilized as a basis for establishing relevant measures to enable older adults to receive proper medical services by heightening the understanding of the gap between medical service use and the medical needs of older adults with limited IADL.
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