Social interaction as a factor of elderly and disabled peoples activity in receiving cardiovascular health services in Russia

Abstract

The article presents the results of studying the peculiarities of the social interaction and its influence on the social activity of the elderly and disabled people in receiving cardiovascular health services in the Russian Federation. In order to study the level of knowledge about cardiovascular health and the prevention of cardiovascular diseases in February – June, 2018 the sociological research was conducted in Belgorod region (Russia) among elderly and disabled (n=240) by Laboratory of social projects of the Belgorod National Research University. The main research methods were qualitative (content analysis of individual social rehabilitation maps of the elderly and disabled) and quantitative methods (questionnaires)