title: [Selected socio-medical factors influencing health awareness of the old persons in the area of tobacco smoking].
abstract: The aim of the research is a subjective health assessment by the old and their level of health awareness. The research was carried out by means of the SF-36 survey (abridged version) done to examine 71 old people (47 women, 24 men), former smokers or sporadic smokers. The SF-36 scale was employed to evaluate health condition in the area of physical efficiency, psychosocial functions and patients' general opinions about their health. Most of the examined were people with low health self-assessment, health (locomotive disability) and economic problems. The insufficient health awareness level of the examined elderly people indicated a necessity of implementation of education programmes and easy access to health promotion institutions.
authors.affiliation: Katedra Nauk o Zdrowiu, Zakład Organizacji Zarzadzania, Uniwersytetu Medycznego im. K. Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu.
authors.forename: Urszula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kwapisz
authors.forename: Maria D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Głowacka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001364:Awareness; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking; D012923:Social Class