Correlates of older adult inpatients' personal care provision to people with functional difficulties in Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Most research depicts older adults as needing personal care, with limited research on older adults' contributions in the lives of others in developing countries like Ghana. The purpose of the study was to examine the personal care provision and socio-demographic correlates of personal care provision by older adult inpatients in Ghana.

Materials and methods

A hospital-based survey was conducted among 400 consecutively surveyed older adult inpatients at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in southern Ghana. Stata 15 was used to analyse the data. The relationship between personal care and older adult inpatients' socio-demographic characteristics were analysed using the chi-square test. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was employed.

Results

Overall, 28% o

SUBMITTER: Awuviry-Newton K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7531847 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature