Korean Journal of Adult Nursing (성인간호학회지)

Korean Society of Adult Nursing (한국성인간호학회)
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Unmet Healthcare Needs among Korean Adults with Hypertension

한국인 고혈압 환자의 의료접근성 및 미 충족 의료실태와 위험요인 분석

  • Oh, Heeyoung (College of Nursing, Eulji University) ;
  • Gil, Eunha (College of Nursing, Daejeon Institute of Science and Technology)
  • 오희영 (을지대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 길은하 (대전과학기술대학교 간호학과)
  • Received : 2016.10.18
  • Accepted : 2017.02.26
  • Published : 2017.02.28
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Abstract

Purpose: The purposes of this secondary analysis study was to examine prevalence, risk factors and unmet healthcare needs among adults with hypertension. Methods: A sample of 3,386 adults over the age of 40 with hypertension were drawn from the Korea Health Panel Study (2013). Using SPSS 22.0 version, descriptive statistics including frequency, percentage, chi-square and logistic regression were performed. Results: Results showed that 18.9% of the sample reported unmet healthcare needs with the most frequently cited one was financial burdens (43.2%). The reported experiences of unmet healthcare needs differed by gender, marital status, vision or hearing impairment, memory problem, impaired mobility, subjective health status, total family income, depressive episode and the difficulty in making decisions. The sample participants were more likely to report unmet healthcare if they had vision impairment, low income and perception that their health status as moderate to poor. Those without vision impairment were less likely to report unmet healthcare needs. Conclusion: The identified risk factors of unmet healthcare needs should be addressed which would enhance access both to health care and to resolution of unmet healthcare needs. Since visual ability seems to impact perception of unmet healthcare needs, it may be useful to find ways to address this factor.

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