士林區獨居長者對送餐到家服務需求之探討

Demands for Meals-on-wheels of Independent-living elderly in Shih-Lin Area

楊宗蓉(Tzong-Rong Yang) ； 黃信彰(Shinn-Jang Hwang) ； 謝明哲(Ming-Jer Shieh) ； 胡雪萍(Shene-Pin Hu)

《中華民國營養學會雜誌》 29卷1期 (2004/03) Pp. 12-20

https://doi.org/10.6691/JCNS.200403_29(1).0002

摘要

自1997年起臺灣開始實施送餐到家服務至今，相關之獨居長者營養狀況與送餐需求的評估報告不多，故本研究利用Nutrition Screening Initiative（NSI）Checklist 及自編需求問卷，隨機抽取士林區獨居長者68名（男42、女26）做營養狀況篩檢及送餐需求調查。結果NSI Checklist平均得分為5.35±3.40分，低危險群組及中危險群組各18人，高危險群組有32人（其各佔26.5、26.5及47.1%）。長者送餐需求度為33.85%，有20.6%（n=14）長者對送餐到家服務有需求、52.9%（n=36）長者認為不需要、26.5%（n=18）目前不能確定，分析得知此送餐需求與長者的宗教信仰、婚姻及自覺健康三變項有關。由NSI Checklist和送餐需求分析後得知：「需要送餐的長者」在NSI營養狀況上明顯比「不需要送餐」及「不確定送餐」的長者差。

關鍵字

送餐到家 ； 獨居長者 ； 營養篩檢

並列摘要

The Meals on Wheels program has been widely adopted in Taiwan since 1997. However, only few surveys investigated this program. We investigated the demands of 68 independent-living elderly persons (42 males and 26 females: mean age, 78 years, range, 67-93 years) for the Meal on Wheels program. The results showed the score for the Nutrition Screening Initiative (NSI) checklist was 5.35±3.40. There were 18(26.5%), 18(26.5%), and 32(47.1%) people in the low, moderate, and high nutritional risk groups, respectively. Among these elderly, 33.9% demanded for meal delivery service (14 people needed, 36 people did not need, and 18 people were not sure). The demand for meal delivery service was correlated with religious beliefs, marital status, and perception of their health status. The persons who had the demand for meal delivery service had a higher prevalence of malnutrition than those who had no demand or were not sure based on the NSI score.

並列關鍵字

meals-on-wheels ； independent-living elderly ； nutrition assessment