| Keywords |
Home ; Safety and health ; Health ; Elderly |
| Abstract |
This is a cross sectional descriptive study to explore home safety health and health status and determine the relationships between them in elderly family. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the data from the elderly and their home in one community from Oct. 7 to Oct. 16, 2013. The data of 192 the elderly and their home were included in data analysis. Their mean home safety health score was 3.24 (±0.53) as a 5 Likert scale. In the elderly, they perceived their physical health poor (2.57±0.88) and most of them were depressed (5.88±2.10). The relationship between home safety health and perceived physical health was significant (S=.383, p<.001). Lower score of home safety health seems depressed, but did not present statistically significant difference. Especially the elderly who have not screening test, women, uneducated, unemployed, and lower income were considered in home safety health. In conclusion, home safety health, perceive physical health and depression in the elderly were all associated each other. It is highly recommended to consider home safety health to assess and intervene health problems in the elderly. |