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Frequency and Associated Factors for Care Giving among Elderly Patients Visiting a Teaching Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan

OBJECTIVE: To study frequency and associated factors for care giving among elderly patients visiting a teaching hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. METHODOLOGY: A cross sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted at the Community Health Centre (CHC), Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) Karachi, Pak...

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Autores principales: Qidwai, Waris, Rauf, Mohammad Uzair Abdul, Sakina, Seema, Hamid, Ayesha, Ishaque, Sidra, Ashfaq, Tabinda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3208547/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22073142
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025873
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author Qidwai, Waris
Rauf, Mohammad Uzair Abdul
Sakina, Seema
Hamid, Ayesha
Ishaque, Sidra
Ashfaq, Tabinda
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Rauf, Mohammad Uzair Abdul
Sakina, Seema
Hamid, Ayesha
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description OBJECTIVE: To study frequency and associated factors for care giving among elderly patients visiting a teaching hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. METHODOLOGY: A cross sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted at the Community Health Centre (CHC), Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) Karachi, Pakistan from September to November 2009. All individuals, visiting the CHC and aged 65 years or above were interviewed after taking written informed consent. RESULTS: A total of 400 elderly completed the interview. Majority were females, 65–69 years age, More than half of the individuals ie: 227 (85%) had received Care Giver experience for assistance and among these 195(72%) had care provided by an immediate family member. A large proportion of them stated that their Care Givers managed to provide less than four hours in a day for care giving. Around 37% showed substantial improvement in their relationship with the care givers. About 70% of the respondents stated that the care provided by the Care Giver improved their quality of life. CONCLUSION: Elderly care is provided by majority of the family members resulting in increased satisfaction level, however small number still not satisfied due to unfulfilled need of these older people. This demands that efforts should be made to strengthen the family support by increasing awareness regarding elderly care and arranging support system by the government.
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spelling pubmed-32085472011-11-09 Frequency and Associated Factors for Care Giving among Elderly Patients Visiting a Teaching Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan Qidwai, Waris Rauf, Mohammad Uzair Abdul Sakina, Seema Hamid, Ayesha Ishaque, Sidra Ashfaq, Tabinda PLoS One Research Article OBJECTIVE: To study frequency and associated factors for care giving among elderly patients visiting a teaching hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. METHODOLOGY: A cross sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted at the Community Health Centre (CHC), Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) Karachi, Pakistan from September to November 2009. All individuals, visiting the CHC and aged 65 years or above were interviewed after taking written informed consent. RESULTS: A total of 400 elderly completed the interview. Majority were females, 65–69 years age, More than half of the individuals ie: 227 (85%) had received Care Giver experience for assistance and among these 195(72%) had care provided by an immediate family member. A large proportion of them stated that their Care Givers managed to provide less than four hours in a day for care giving. Around 37% showed substantial improvement in their relationship with the care givers. About 70% of the respondents stated that the care provided by the Care Giver improved their quality of life. CONCLUSION: Elderly care is provided by majority of the family members resulting in increased satisfaction level, however small number still not satisfied due to unfulfilled need of these older people. This demands that efforts should be made to strengthen the family support by increasing awareness regarding elderly care and arranging support system by the government. Public Library of Science 2011-11-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3208547/ /pubmed/22073142 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025873 Text en Qidwai et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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Rauf, Mohammad Uzair Abdul
Sakina, Seema
Hamid, Ayesha
Ishaque, Sidra
Ashfaq, Tabinda
Frequency and Associated Factors for Care Giving among Elderly Patients Visiting a Teaching Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan
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title_short Frequency and Associated Factors for Care Giving among Elderly Patients Visiting a Teaching Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan
title_sort frequency and associated factors for care giving among elderly patients visiting a teaching hospital in karachi, pakistan
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3208547/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22073142
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025873
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