scholarly journals Health Seeking Behavioural Practices of the Elderly in Rural Community of Ekiti State, South-western Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kayode Rasaq ADEWOYE ◽  
Shuaib Kayode AREMU ◽  
David Sylvanus Ekpo ◽  
Sikiru Adekunle AKANBI ◽  
Tayo Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Good Health ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Poor Health ◽  
Health Seeking Behaviour ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Orthodox Medicine ◽  
Cost Of Health Care ◽  
Age Range

Abstract BackgroundThe ageing process increases the risks of contracting a disease among elderly people. Health-seeking behaviour is poor among the aged in sub-Saharan countries like Nigeria, escalating the burden of Non-communicable diseases and the cost of healthcare which further impact the utilization of Orthodox medicine. This study aims to assess the healthcare-seeking behavioural practices and associated factors among elderly people in Ido-Ekiti.MethodA descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted amongst 420 elderly respondents in Ido-Ekiti. An interviewer-administered semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect information. The data collected were analyzed using SPSS version 25 and results were presented in form of tables and bar charts. Chi-square tests were used to test for associations. All data analysis was done at a 5% level of significance.ResultsThe age range of respondents was between 65-95 years with a mean age of 73.88 +/- 6.84 years and 64.0% within the age range 65-75 years. About 63.3% of the respondents have had an episode of illness in the last year preceding the study and only 35.3% consulted a doctor for treatment (Good Health seeking behaviour), however, 57.9% admitted utilizing any of the following; self-medication, consult spiritualist, use of herbal medicine (poor health-seeking behaviour). The factors statistically significantly associated with respondents’ health-seeking behavioural practices are employment status(p<0.001), educational level (p<0.002), cost of health care, access to the health facility, length of time before consultation, beliefs, and lack of support from relations(p<001). ConclusionThis study shows the majority of elderlies had poor health-seeking behaviour due to educational and .economic factors. Making the free or subsidized cost of health care for the elderly in rural communities and the provision of monthly financial support to the aged by the government will promote and encourage good health-seeking behaviour of old people.

scholarly journals Dynamics of Health Care Seeking Behaviour of Elderly People in Rural Bangladesh

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priti Biswas ◽  
Zarina Nahar Kabir ◽  
Jan Nilsson ◽  
Shahaduz Zaman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Care Seeking ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Health Seeking Behaviour ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Rural Bangladesh

Bangladesh is projected to experience a doubling of its elderly population from the current level of 7 million to 14 million by the end of the next decade. Drawing upon qualitative evidence from rural Bangladesh, this article focuses on coping strategies in cases of illness of elderly people and the contributing factors in determining the health-seeking behaviour of elderly persons. The sample for this study consisted of elderly men and women aged 60 years or older and their caregivers. Nine focus group discussions and 30 in-depth interviews were conducted. Findings indicate that old age and ill-health are perceived to be inseparable entities. Seeking health care from a formally qualified doctor is avoided due to high costs. Familiarity and accessibility of health care providers play important roles in health-seeking behaviour of elderly persons. Flexibility of health care providers in receiving payment is a crucial deciding factor of whether or not to seek treatment, and even the type of treatment sought.

scholarly journals Chronic Morbidity and Health Seeking Behaviour among Elderly in a Rural Area of Thrissur District

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (47) ◽  
pp. 2787-2792
Author(s):  
Binu Areekal ◽  
Dipin John Padmaja ◽  
Pranav Veepanattu ◽  
Anna Christin Jossy ◽  
Anirudh Menon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Musculoskeletal Diseases ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Health Seeking Behaviour ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Seeking Behavior ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Chronic Morbidity

BACKGROUND Elderly people are often neglected in the society particularly with regards to the healthcare service delivery in Indian context. Most of them live with certain forms of morbidities. The consequences of these illnesses in terms of severity affect their willingness to seek help from health care services. Therefore, understanding the morbidities and their health seeking behaviour is a prerequisite for providing essential need-based healthcare services to this marginalised population. A cross sectional study was conducted to understand the pattern of comorbidities and factors of health seeking behaviours of the elderly in a rural area of Thrissur district, Kerala. METHODS A total of 243 elderly participants who were above 60 years was selected from a rural area of Thrissur district to participate the study. SPSS Ver. 16.0 was used to carry out analysis of the data. Descriptive statistics were used to express the pattern of chronic morbidity, and assess the health seeking behaviour and associated factors in the above population. RESULTS Our findings revealed that majority of the study population (82.7 %) was suffering from at least one chronic health problem; among them, 44 % had hypertension, 35.8 % had diabetes mellitus and 23.5 % had musculoskeletal diseases. 60.5 % were not doing any kind of exercise. Health seeking behavior was highest for diabetes and hypertension (100 % and 97.1 %). It was lowest for urinary disorders (72.72 %) followed by visual problems and respiratory problems (82.75 % and 83.3 %). Most common reasons for not seeking health care were that they consider the illness to be insignificant or they believe it to be a part of ageing process (37.5 %). CONCLUSIONS Prevalence of chronic morbidity is high among the elderly. Health seeking behavior is better in Kerala compared to other states. KEYWORDS Chronic Morbidity, Healthcare Seeking Behaviour, Morbidity, Elderly, Kerala

scholarly journals Health Seeking Behaviour Among Elderly People of Bharatpur Municipality of Chitwan, Nepal

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 150-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rojina Baral ◽  
Pramila Sapkota
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Health Seeking Behaviour ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Care Center ◽  
Seeking Help

ABSTRACTBackground: Individuals have different opinion regarding willingness to seek help from health care services. Some go readily for treatment, others only when in great pain and in advance state of ill health. This is especially true for people with advance age who have to face many physiological changes which act as a barrier to seek immediate help in health care setting. Thus, a study was conducted to analyse the health seeking behaviour among elderly. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted among 104 elderly aged 60 years and above. Non- probability convenience sampling technique was used to collect the data. Data was collected by interviewing the elderly at their residence. The data gathered was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics in SPSS software. Results: Assessment of the health status of elderly people revealed that, majority of the participant’s 86.5% were suffering from chronic health problem, among them 37.8% suffered from hypertension 11.1% suffered from diabetic mellitus. Whereas, assessment of the practice of health seeking behaviour among elderly stated that all the participant’s 100%  were seeking help for health problem in which 83.7% seek help from modern medication and still 16.3% seek help from alternative medication.  Also, the health seeking behavior was found to be statistically significant with health problem (p=0.002), ethnicity (0.007) and religion (p=0.007) respectively. Conclusions: Elderly are aware of seeking help from the health care center, but still elderly believe in alternative medication rather than modern medication which may be an alarming  truth in the health care setting.Keywords: alternative medication; elderly; health seeking behaviour; modern medication. 

Health Communication: Implications for Diverse Populations

2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-19
Author(s):  
Amy Hasselkus
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Communication ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Good Health ◽  
The United States ◽  
Poor Health ◽  
Health Care Decisions ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds ◽  
Health Related

The need for improved communication about health-related topics is evident in statistics about the health literacy of adults living in the United States. The negative impact of poor health communication is huge, resulting in poor health outcomes, health disparities, and high health care costs. The importance of good health communication is relevant to all patient populations, including those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Efforts are underway at all levels, from individual professionals to the federal government, to improve the information patients receive so that they can make appropriate health care decisions. This article describes these efforts and discusses how speech-language pathologists and audiologists may be impacted.

Forms of physical activity of the elderly

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 221-228
Author(s):  
Piotr Czarnecki ◽  
◽  
Justyna Podgórska-Bednarz ◽  
Lidia Perenc ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Population Aging ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Good Health ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Polish Society ◽  
Central Statistical ◽  
Key Phrases ◽  
The Impact

Introduction. Physical activity is known to be an important factor influencing health throughout human life. This issue has become crucial for public health due to the aging of the population in both developed and developing countries. Aim. is to present a literature review on the forms of physical activity undertaken by the elderly, as well as on issues related to physical activity and the population aging. Material and methods. The study was prepared on the basis of a review of Polish and foreign literature. The following databases and data sources were used: EBSCO, ScienceDirect and Google Scholar. An additional source of data were the websites of the Central Statistical Office. Strictly defined key phrases were used during the collection of literature. The work has been divided into thematic subsections on the aging of the society, the impact of physical activity on health and the main topic, i.e. forms of physical activity selected by the elderly. Analysis of the literature. The number of elderly people in Polish society has increased by almost 3.7 million over three decades. Therefore, an important topic is prophylaxis aimed at increasing the number of days in good health, largely covering the broadly understood activation of the elderly. The available data indicate that only 12% of elderly people undertake physical activity once a week. The most common form of spending free time actively is walking (as many as 73% of people in this population declare this form of physical activity in one of the presented studies). Conclusion. Organized forms of physical activity are undertaken much less frequently by the analyzed age group mainly due to financial limitations and limited availability of sports infrastructure.

Psychosocial Consequences among Elderly Living In Institutional and Non-Institutional Settings

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nagesh Jamwal
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Research Work ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
Elderly Males ◽  
Psychosocial Consequences ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Elderly Living

Background – Elderly people face many psychological, physical and socio economic morbidities due to ageing. Institutional settings have been opened for those elderly people who are neither able to take care of themselves nor is there any person to look after them. Objectives- The present research work was conducted to study the quality of life, loneliness and psychological distress of the elderly males and females living in institutions and non-institutional settings in urban Jammu district. Methods –The study was conducted using purposive sampling on 40 elderly living in institutional settings and 40 elderly living in non- institutional settings in the age range of 60-80 years. Tools used – GHQ  by Gautam, Nuhawan and Kamal ,UCLA loneliness scale(Russell, 1996)  and WHO (QOL-BREF, 1998),  was used. Results – The results revealed significant differences on loneliness and quality of life between those living in institutional settings and those living with their families.

Does an impaired capacity for self-care impact the prevalence of social and emotional loneliness among elderly people?

2018 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Irena Canjuga ◽  
Danica Železnik ◽  
Marijana Neuberg ◽  
Marija Božicevic ◽  
Tina Cikac
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Age Distribution ◽  
Self Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The Self ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Care Assessment ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of self-care on the prevalence of loneliness among elderly people living in retirement homes and older people living in their homes/communities. Design/methodology/approach The research was conducted through standardized SELSA-L assessment loneliness questionnaires and the Self Care Assessment Worksheet for self-care assessment. The results were processed using the Kruskal–Wallis test. Findings The obtained results have shown that impaired self-care ability affects the prevalence of loneliness among the elderly almost the same in both groups of participants. However, regarding the relationship between the state of health and self-care, only a statistically significant difference in the prevalence of loneliness is found in the case of the participants living in their homes, with the worst health condition affecting the poorer psychological care. Research limitations/implications It is necessary to point out the limitations of the research, primarily sample limitations and the selected design of the study. The sample consisted of two different and relatively small groups of participants which could adversely affect the representativeness of the sample and reduce the possibility of generalising the results. The next limiting factor is the age distribution the authors used in the research, where the age of the participants as a very important variable was collected by age range and not precisely which consequently resulted in inequality in subgroup sizes. Thus, the middle age (75–85) covers up to ten years, which is a huge range at an older age and can mean major differences in functional ability, and can impact the self-care assessment. Practical implications Nurses are indispensable in care for the elderly and they need to promote and encourage self-care of the elderly through health care. Elderly people living in retirement homes should be allowed to participate equally in health care in order to preserve their own autonomy and dignity. However, to benefit those who live in their homes, nurses should be connected to the local community and thus stimulate various forms of preventative (testing blood sugar levels, blood pressure and educating on the importance of preventive examinations) or recreational activities in the environment of elderly people with the goal of preserving their functional abilities. Originality/value The impact of self-care on loneliness was not sufficiently researched, and this paper contributed to understanding the complexity of loneliness phenomena among the elderly with the aim of developing a model of prevention.

scholarly journals Pain Research and Treatment in the Gerontological Context: A Discussion of the Issues

1998 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-96
Author(s):  
Margaret C Gibson ◽  
Michael R Thomas ◽  
Andrew J Cook
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Pain Treatment ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Pain Research ◽  
Sociopolitical Context ◽  
Pain Experiences ◽  
Pain In The Elderly

An appreciation of the context in which gerontological health care occurs is crucial to the successful and ethical collection, interpretation and utilization of data on the pain experiences of elderly people. Important contextual considerations for researchers and clinicians who are addressing pain in the elderly are identified. It is argued that topics that are the focus of current attention in the field of pain and ageing, such as the effect of dementia on memory for pain and the responsiveness of the elderly to psychosocial pain treatment, would be clarified by an understanding of the broader sociopolitical context in which ageing occurs.

scholarly journals Primary health care services utilization and satisfaction among the elderly in Asir region, Saudi Arabia

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-371
Author(s):  
A. A. Mahfouz ◽  
A. I. Al Sharif ◽  
M. N. El Gamal ◽  
A. H. Kisha
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Care Services ◽  
Long Time

Use of primary health care [PHC] services and satisfaction among elderly people [60 + years] in Asir was studied in 26 PHC centers. They visited PHC centers significantly less often than younger adults but they were referred significantly more often to secondary and tertiary care and for more laboratory tests. A r and om sample of 253 elderly people attending the centers was interviewed about accessibility, continuity, humaneness, informativeness and thoroughness of care. Overall, 79.0% were satisfied with the services provided. The leading 3 items of dissatisfaction were:not enough audiovisual means for health education [65.1%], long time spent in the centre [46.4%], and not enough specialty clinics [42.5%]

scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF ELDERLY PEOPLE’ SOCIALIZATION ON THEIR PERCEPTION... OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES QUALITY

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-120
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Vetrova ◽  
Daria Vasianina ◽  
Ivan Mityushnikov
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Services Quality ◽  
Subjective Evaluation ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Subjective Assessments ◽  
Social And Economic Development

The state of the health care system is an important characteristic of the country’s social and economic development, but the results of surveys can not demonstrate an objective result. The respondents are influenced by a number of factors, including their level of socialization, in assessing healthcare services. In the article, we consider the hypothesis that communication with relatives and neighborhood significantly increases the relative pessimism of the subjective evaluation of healthcare services by the elderly. In order to reduce the incompatibility of subjective assessments of respondents, the anchoring vignette method is used.

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