To obtain Hangzhou residents' awareness, understanding, demands, and intentions of health examination and explore the factors influencing health examination.

Totally 1 183 residents (male: 542, female: 641, aged from15 to 80 years) were investigated by mean of questionnaire which included demographic characteristics, health status, medical behavior and awareness, the subjective reasons of unwilling to take health examination, the intention of choosing an institution, and the data of questionnaire were analyzed using single factor Chi-square test and conditional logistic regression analysis.

Single factor Chi-square test showed that the factors affecting health examination participation which have statistical significances were as follows, gender (χ²=11.61, P=0.000), age (χ²=9.09, P=0.028), residence registration (χ²=44.16, P=0.000), marital status (χ²=8.96, P=0.03), educational backgroud (χ²=17.33, P=0.000), employment status (χ²=7.97, P=0.005), personal monthly income (χ²=22.82, P=0.000), having any kinds of health insurance (χ²=16.08, P=0.000), and the health examination fees paid by company (χ²=44.78, P=0.000). Conditional logistic regress analysis showed that the related fators which affecting the peoples participating rates of taking health examination are gender (P=0.003,OR=1.782), residence registration (P=0.000,OR=2.208), personal monthly income (P=0.009,OR=1.307), taking any kinds of insurance (P=0.004, OR=2.913) and the company organizing and paying for the healthy examination or not (P=0.000, OR=1.923).

The participation rates of taking health examination were affected by the factors such as male, younger than 45 years old, divorce, temporary residents, the jobless, low educational diploma and income, not having any insurance, taking the health examinaiton at their own expense and so on.

Physical examination; Influencing factors; Health management