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.

这项研究的目的是解决准确评估土著老年人保健需求的需要，特别是在澳大利亚偏远地区。土著人民患过早慢性疾病的比率较高，而且有大量证据表明，在这一人口中，慢性功能障碍的发病年龄较轻。老年常见疾病，如痴呆、跌倒和大小便失禁，与大量发病率、残疾和保健支出有关；然而，人们对这些问题在澳大利亚原住民中的严重程度知之甚少。这项研究建立在2003年在金伯利进行的一个成功项目的基础上，该项目旨在开发和验证一种评估土著人民痴呆症的筛查工具。本项目提议扩大我们以前工作的范围，包括评估与老年有关的其他常见疾病，如抑郁症、大小便失禁和跌倒，并确定保健服务的使用情况和获得保健服务的潜在障碍。