The influence of weather on health-related help-seeking behavior of senior citizens in Hong Kong

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• 作者：Ho Ting Wong (1)
  Marcus Yu Lung Chiu (2)
  Cynthia Sau Ting Wu (3)
  Tsz Cheung Lee (4)
  Senior Citizen Home Safety Association (5)
  
  1. Department of Social Work ; Hong Kong Baptist University ; Hong Kong ; SAR ; China
  2. Department of Social Work ; Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences ; National University of Singapore ; Block AS3 ; Level 4 ; 3 Arts Link ; Singapore ; 117570 ; Singapore
  3. School of Nursing ; The Hong Kong Polytechnic University ; Hung Hom ; Kowloon ; Hong Kong ; SAR ; China
  4. Hong Kong Observatory ; 134A ; Nathan Road ; Tsim Sha Tsui ; Kowloon ; Hong Kong ; China
  5. Senior Citizen Home Safety Association ; F42 ; 1/F. Oi Man Shopping Centre ; Oi Man Estate ; 60 Chung Hau Street ; Homantin ; Kowloon ; Hong Kong ; China
  
• 关键词：Chinese ; Emergency ; Telehealth ; Weather ; Help ; seeking ; Weather forecast
• 刊名：International Journal of Biometeorology
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：March 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：59
• 期：3
• 页码：373-376
• 全文大小：108 KB
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• 刊物类别：Earth and Environmental Science
• 刊物主题：Life Sciences
  Animal Physiology
  Plant Physiology
  Environmental Medicine/Environmental Psychology
  
• 出版者：Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
• ISSN：1432-1254

文摘

It is believed that extreme hot and cold weather has a negative impact on general health conditions. Much research focuses on mortality, but there is relatively little community health research. This study is aimed at identifying high-risk groups who are sensitive to extreme weather conditions, in particular, very hot and cold days, through an analysis of the health-related help-seeking patterns of over 60,000 Personal Emergency Link (PE-link) users in Hong Kong relative to weather conditions. In the study, 1,659,716 PE-link calls to the help center were analyzed. Results showed that females, older elderly, people who did not live alone, non-subsidized (relatively high-income) users, and those without medical histories of heart disease, hypertension, stroke, and diabetes were more sensitive to extreme weather condition. The results suggest that using official government weather forecast reports to predict health-related help-seeking behavior is feasible. An evidence-based strategic plan could be formulated by using a method similar to that used in this study to identify high-risk groups. Preventive measures could be established for protecting the target groups when extreme weather conditions are forecasted.