Smart and Age-Friendly Cities in Russia: An Exploratory Study of Attitudes, Perceptions, Quality of Life and Health Information Needs

Liliya Eugenevna Ziganshina, Ekaterina V. Yudina, Liliya I. Talipova, Guzel N. Sharafutdinova and Rustem N. Khairullin
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Liliya Eugenevna Ziganshina: Interregional Clinical Diagnostic Centre (ICDC), The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan, 12A Karbysheva Street, 420101 Kazan, Russia
Ekaterina V. Yudina: Children’s Hospital N 1 of the City of Kazan, 125a Dekabristov Street, 420034 Kazan, Russia
Liliya I. Talipova: Interregional Clinical Diagnostic Centre (ICDC), The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan, 12A Karbysheva Street, 420101 Kazan, Russia
Guzel N. Sharafutdinova: Interregional Clinical Diagnostic Centre (ICDC), The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan, 12A Karbysheva Street, 420101 Kazan, Russia
Rustem N. Khairullin: Interregional Clinical Diagnostic Centre (ICDC), The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan, 12A Karbysheva Street, 420101 Kazan, Russia

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 24, 1-15

Abstract: In Russia, initiatives for healthy ageing have been growing over the last two decades; however, none use an evidence-based (EB) approach. It is proposed that Kazan, a city with a population of over a million in the European part of Russia, has good chances of moving towards age-friendliness and contributing to raising awareness about healthy ageing through Cochrane evidence. One of the eight essential features of age-friendly cities by the World Health Organisation (WHO) directly points to health services. This exploratory study assesses the health information needs of the ageing population of Kazan and the challenges people face in improving their health and longevity. Survey data were used from 134 participants, patients, caregivers and healthcare providers of the Interregional Clinical Diagnostic Centre (ICDC), aged from 30 to over 80 years, and potential associations of the studied parameters with age, gender, quality of life and other characteristics were analysed. Older people (60+) were less positive about their quality of life, took medicines more often on a daily basis (10/16 compared to 29/117 of people under 60), encountered problems with ageing (9/16 compared to 21/117 of people under 60) and rated their quality of life as unsatisfactory (4/14 compared to 9/107 of people under 60). Awareness of EB approaches and Cochrane was higher within health professions (evidence-based medicine: 42/86 vs. 13/48; Cochrane: 32/86 vs. 2/48), and health information needs did not differ between age or gender groups or people with a satisfactory and unsatisfactory quality of life. The minority (10%—13/134) were aware of ageism without age or gender differences. The low awareness calls for the need of Cochrane intervention both for consumers and those in the health profession to raise awareness to contribute to Kazan moving towards an age-friendly city.

Keywords: Kazan; Russia; health information; quality of life; ageing; ageism; Cochrane; evidence-based; medicines; consumers; awareness; age-friendly cities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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