Overview of Health Status of Older People in El Gadarif locality - Gadarif state - Eastern of Sudan 2014
| dc.contributor.author | Mahassin Mohammed Osman Mohammed | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-09-24T09:49:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-09-24T09:49:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
| dc.description | Research submitted for partial fulfillment of the requirement of PhD degree In community nursing | en_US |
| dc.description.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. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Sara Lavinia Brair | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5416 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | AL Neelain University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Overview of Health Status | en_US |
| dc.subject | Older People | en_US |
| dc.subject | Health | en_US |
| dc.subject | Eastern of Sudan | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sudan | en_US |
| dc.title | Overview of Health Status of Older People in El Gadarif locality - Gadarif state - Eastern of Sudan 2014 | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |