Assessing the health needs of older Indigenous Australians living in the Kimberley

评估居住在金伯利的老年澳大利亚土著居民的健康需求

• 批准号: nhmrc : 353612
• 负责人: A/Pr Dina Logiudice
• 金额: $ 16.14万
• 依托单位: The University of Western Australia
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: NHMRC Project Grants
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2005-01-01 至 2006-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://researchdata.edu.au/assessing-health-needs-living-kimberley/81782
• 关键词: Assessing; health; needs; older; Indigenous

This study was designed to address the need for accurate assessment of the health care needs of older Indigenous people, particularly in remote regions of Australia. Indigenous people have higher rates of premature chronic medical illness, and there is substantial evidence that chronic functional disorders start at younger ages in this population. Common conditions of older age, such as dementia, falls and incontinence, are associated with substantial morbidity, disability and health care expenditure; yet, little is known about the extent of these problems amongst Indigenous Australians. This study builds on a successful project conducted in the Kimberley in 2003 that was designed with the aim of developing and validating a screening instrument for the assessment of dementia amongst Indigenous people. The present project proposes to expand the scope of our previous work to include the assessment of other common conditions associated with older age, such as depression, incontinence and falls and determine use of health services and potential impediments to their access.

这项研究旨在满足准确评估老年人的医疗保健需求，特别是在澳大利亚偏远地区的需求。土著人的早期慢性医学疾病率较高，并且有大量证据表明，慢性功能障碍的年龄始于该人群。年龄较大的常见状况，例如痴呆，跌倒和尿失禁，与大量发病，残疾和医疗保健支出有关；然而，对于澳大利亚土著人中这些问题的程度知之甚少。这项研究是建立在2003年在金伯利（Kimberley）进行的成功项目的基础上，其目的是开发和验证筛查工具，以评估土著人民中的痴呆症。本项目建议扩大我们以前的工作的范围，包括评估与年龄较大相关的其他常见状况，例如抑郁症，尿失禁和跌倒，并确定医疗服务的使用以及对其进入的潜在障碍。