Overview of Health Status of Older People in El Gadarif locality - Gadarif state - Eastern of Sudan 2014
Date
2014
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
AL Neelain University
Abstract
9
ABSTRACT
Introduction:
Geriatric population
in Sudan is
relatively
small.
Yet it is important to
improve health care quality of elderly population. However, lack of in
-
depth research
on this subject is a major obstacle for understanding and improving geriatric health
quality an
d services. This study attempted to bridge this information gap about health
status of older people in
El Gadarif
locality.
Methodology:
This
research was a
descriptive cross
-
sectional
study. D
ata
was
collected by
cluster random sample survey covering
388 participant
s.
SPSS
was used
for s
tatistic
al
analysis
, and chi
-
square was used for testing association between
different variables.
Results
:
The main findings of the elderly survey showed that
49.5% of participants
their
age
(
65
-
74
)
, 52.3% are male
, 58.5%
were
married,50.5
%
illiterate
,
60.6
%dependse in their
income
on
their
sons
,96.9
%
had social interaction
with family and community,85%
described
their health
to be
good or fair, 67.78%
were
suffering from one or more chronic diseases, 48.8
%
ha
d
no problem with their
visio
n
82.7% ha
d
no problem with their hearing ,72.4
% did not have
urine
incontinence,88.1%
could
control their bowel
,
55.4%
had
no depression,55.9%
had no
memory problem
,
66.1%
were
sexually active
,
60.3%
did
not use any type of
m
edical
treatment, 70.1% ha
d
always som
e
one help
ing
them at home
,
80.9% always
practice
d
their worship
,
92.5%
never
smoke
d
,88.7%
never
dr
a
nk alcohols,96.9%
never
take
snuff, 20.6% practice exercise sport, 30.2% had special diet
,
91%
did
not
require assis
tance
in
eating or dressing or
bathing
, 46.4%
did
their shopping without
assistance,75%
took
their medication
s
by themselves ,
23
.5%
had
una
ttainable
needs
.
Conclusion:
health problems of Gadarif elder persons are similar in some aspects to
the health problems of old population in some others countries. It was also apparent
that the geriatric population in
El Gadarif
were mainly cared for and supported by
their families.
Description
Research
submitted
for
partial fulfillment
of the requirement of
PhD
degree
In community nursing
Keywords
Overview of Health Status, Older People, Health, Eastern of Sudan, Sudan