Suchergebnisse

The purpose of the research project titled "Safety at Home and in Institutional Care: Utilizing remote monitoring and smart pump -technology in infusion care" was to identify the profile of patients, who require institutional care for infusion therapy for medical and nutrition management, in district hospital area. The digital technology, monitoring, and action models currently use is mapped. The overall purpose is to study the extended implementation of infusion care at home, utilizing smart technology. The data was collected through interviews and statistics. The aim was to explore how home infusion therapy is used, and how willing health care providers are to change current practices. The results showed that infusion therapy was common at outpatient clinics and quite common at home care. Collaboration with home care and emergency care made the infusion therapy possible at patient's home. The use of smart technology in home care was less usual. The participants were enthusiastic and willing to use smart technology in infusion care and remote monitoring of patients' status.

Background: Studies using traditional measures of socio-economic position, such as education, income and occupation, have found inequalities in depressive symptoms, but less is known about the association between financial satisfaction and depressive symptoms. Aims: To examine the association of depressive symptoms with financial satisfaction in Finnish adults in a population-based cross-sectional FIN-D2D survey. Methods: Four thousand, five hundred randomly selected individuals aged 45–74 years were invited to the study. Participation rate for health examinations was 64%. Complete information on depressive symptoms and financial satisfaction was available for 2,819 individuals. Financial satisfaction was asked using a questionnaire. Depressive symptoms were measured by Beck Depression Inventory (≥ 10) and/or use of antidepressants. Results: Altogether 11.6% of individuals who were satisfied with their financial situation had depressive symptoms. Corresponding figures for individuals who were somewhat satisfied or dissatisfied were 20.6% and 42.6%, respectively. Individuals who were less satisfied with their financial situation were more likely to suffer from depressive symptoms even after adjusting for gender, age, marital status, number of chronic diseases, smoking, binge drinking, physical activity, education and household income. Conclusions: Instead of more traditional measures of socio-economic position, financial dissatisfaction seems to be associated with depressive symptoms in Finnish adults.