Survey on health service needs and influence factors among residents of daga Xiang Lhasa

Objective To investigate the health service needs and influencing factors among the resident aged 15 years and above, so as to provide the clues for establishing the health policy. Methods 665 residents were recruited through multistage cluster random sampling method and questionnaire survey were conducted. Results The two-week prevalence rate and the chronic disease prevalence rate of residents aged 15 years and above were respectively 25.3% and 21.5%, by multiple factors analysis,the main influencing factors were sex, age, family economic status and population.Both two-week prevalence rate and chronic disease prevalence rate of female were higher than that of male with odds ratio of 2.725 (95% CI:1.756-4.225)and 1.887 ( 95% CI:1.178-3.017) respectively. Both two-week prevalence rate and chronic disease prevalence rate of residents were increasing with age. And both prevalence rates were highest among the residents aged 55 to 64 years. Comparing to the residents aged 15 to 24 years, the two-week prevalence rate and the chronic disease rate of the residents aged 55 to 64 years were 8.547 times(95% CI:3.228-22.470)and 25.641 times (95% CI: 8.153-80.450) of them respectively. The two-week prevalence rate of residents with high income was 0.604 times (95% CI:0.376-0.971)of that of residents with low income. The chronic disease prevalence rate was the lowest among the residents with middle income (OR=0.536,95% CI:0.292-0.987). The two-week prevalence rate was decreased among the residents with family population four and above. The chronic disease prevalence rate was descended in the residents with family population seven and above(OR=0.264,95% CI:0.078-0.886). Conclusions The demands of health services among residents of Daga Xiang were high, the main influencing factors were demographic characteristic and status of family recourses.