20.500.12556/RUL-138366 The importance of elderly people knowing basic first-aid measures Background: In the event of a sudden illness or injury, elderly individuals are often dependent on self-help and mutual assistance from partners. With poor access to medical services during natural and other disasters, the importance of first aid knowledge of elderly individuals increases even more. We assessed the opinions of different generations of Slovenian population regarding the importance of knowing the basic first aid measures. In addition, we aimed to examine the knowledge of first aid in the most common emergencies that threaten elderly people's health and lives, focusing on the knowledge of elderly. Methods: A structured questionnaire was conducted with a representative Slovenian adult population (n = 1079). Statistically significant differences in average ratings of the importance of first aid knowledge were compared among different age groups with one-way ANOVA followed by a post hoc test. Significant differences in percentages of correct answers in particular cases of health conditions between different age groups were determined using the χ 2 test followed by post hoc tests. Results: Slovenes are well aware of the importance of first aid knowledge and feel personally responsible for acquiring this knowledge. The general opinion is that older retirees need less first aid knowledge than individuals in younger populations. We found a high level of knowledge about symptoms and first aid measures for some of the most common health conditions that occur in old age. The level of knowledge in the group of the oldest respondents was comparable with that of younger age groups. However, their recognition of health conditions was also somewhat worse, especially when recognising the symptoms and signs of hypoglycaemia and heart attack. Most of the tested knowledge did not depend on a person's age but on the time since that person was last educated in first aid. Conclusions: The knowledge of people older than 80 years is somewhat poorer than that in the younger population, mainly because too much time has passed since they were last educated in first aid. Public awareness of first aid needs to be increased and appropriate guidelines should be given with a focus on the elderly population. hypoglycaemia cardiac arrest stroke hipoglikemija srčni zastoj možganska kap true false true Angleški jezik Ni določen Članek v reviji 2022-07-18 07:37:21 2022-07-18 07:37:34 2022-09-15 04:16:40 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2022 0 0 8 str. iss. 1, art. 128 Vol. 22 2022 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2022-07-14 616-083.98 1471-227X 10.1186/s12873-022-00675-9 115487747 RAZ_Dolenc_Sparovec_Eva_2022.pdf RAZ_Dolenc_Sparovec_Eva_2022.pdf 1 3E4E1E035D1966690C95D72F68F711DB b11bf82077271171ca7e6cbb072f4b194ee922ce469e3872f3fc7df28b83e392 7c14ef75-065b-11ed-8aca-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=158653 Zdravstvena fakulteta Medicinska fakulteta 0 0 0