Korean J Adult Nurs.  2017 Feb;29(1):22-31. 10.7475/kjan.2017.29.1.22.

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Unmet Healthcare Needs among Korean Adults with Hypertension

• Oh H
• Gil E

• KMID: 2406333
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.7475/kjan.2017.29.1.22

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.

MeSH Terms

Adult*
Delivery of Health Care*
Diagnostic Self Evaluation
Health Services Accessibility
Hearing Loss
Humans
Hypertension*
Korea
Logistic Models
Marital Status
Memory
Needs Assessment
Prevalence*
Risk Factors*

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