Contact Admin. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License http: The purposes of this secondary analysis study was to examine prevalence, risk factors and unmet healthcare needs among adults with hypertension.
A sample of 3, adults over the age of 40 with hypertension were drawn from the Korea Health Panel Study Results showed that 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. 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. Needs assessment ; Access to health care ; Hypertension ; Adults. Published online February 28, 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, adults over the age of 40 with hypertension were drawn from the Korea Health Panel Study Results Results showed that 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. Login Signup. Signup Login Contact Admin.
