Abstract： Objective To analyze the requirement of rural residents in economically underdeveloped areas for family portable medical kit,and to provide the basis for scientific design of family portable medical kit suitable for use with rural residents.Methods A total of 139 rural household residents in service areas of 3 basic township health centers in economically underdeveloped areas(Luxi township health hospital of Yongxin county of Jiangxi province,Xibaipo township health hospital of Pingshan county of Hebei province and Xintian township center health hospital of Lintao county of Gansu province) were selected by simple random and cluster sampling,and the requirement for family portable medical kit was surveyed by questionnaire.Results Among the 139 rural household residents,117(84.2%) expected to have family portable medical kit.Compared with Xintian township,the demand rates for family portable medical kit significantly increased in Luxi township and Xibaipo township(89.6% and 93.2% vs 70.2%,respectively;P<0.05).The demanders expected cold medicine(84.6%),wound paste(63.2%),essential balm(51.3%),cooling oil(47.0%),antihypertensive(32.5%),iodine tincture(31.6%),diabetes drugs(5.1%) and other drugs(25.6%) to be placed into the family portable medical kit.The size of the family portable medical kit was expected to be(25.84±7.51)cm length,(18.25±7.18)cm width and(16.38±7.26)cm height.The main functions of the family portable medical kit were expected to be lightweight(52.1%),safe(50.4%),applicable(46.2%),waterproof(45.3%),economic(39.3%),simple(36.8%),sunscreen(28.2%),anticorrosive(22.2%) and pressureproof(22.2%).The price of the family portable medical kit was expected to be ≥10 to <15 yuan(29.9%).A total of 86.3% of the demanders tended to select hard materials,including aluminum alloy(35.0%) and plastics(34.2%).Only 13.7% of the demanders chose soft materials in which canvas materials were selected by a majority(6.8%).Conclusion The demand rate of family portable medical kit is higher among rural residents in hospital service areas of basic types of health centers.Family portable medical kit can be popularized to reduce the irrational use of drugs only by fully meeting the needs of the most rural residents.
2011, Vol. 53 
