Health care needs assessment of elderly with functional disability in Palam village of Delhi

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dc.contributor.authorKumar Devendraen_US
dc.contributor.authorS. K., Rasaniaen_US
dc.contributor.authorDas, Ranjanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-06T08:50:36Z
dc.date.available2020-05-06T08:50:36Z
dc.date.issued2019-09
dc.description.abstractBackground: Exploring the health care needs of the aged is important in any society. Certain assessments of the elderly are comprehensive in that they are able to measure the met and unmet physical, mental and social needs in this population group and thus lead to overall improvement in their care as well as assistance for their health care providers. The objective of the present study was to assess the health care needs in elderly having functional disability in Palam village of Delhi.Methods: Health care needs assessment was done using CANE questionnaire in 81 elderly who were found to be functionally disabled out of the total 350 study subjects. It comprised of 24 items and two items related to caregivers need. Kappa test was applied to check for the inter rater agreement between the study subject and their caregivers.Results: Varied range of agreement was observed on most of the items, highest agreement noted for accommodation (98.7%) and lowest for intimate relationships (50.6%).Conclusions: Appropriate social and economic policies need to be made to mitigate the ill effects of ageing which should also address their health care needs.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationKumar Devendra, S. K. Rasania, Das Ranjan. Health care needs assessment of elderly with functional disability in Palam village of Delhi. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. 2019 Sep; 6(9): 3943-3947en_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-6032
dc.identifier.issn2394-6040
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/201721
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber9en_US
dc.relation.volume6en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20193998en_US
dc.subjectElderlyen_US
dc.subjectHealth care needsen_US
dc.subjectFunctional disabilityen_US
dc.titleHealth care needs assessment of elderly with functional disability in Palam village of Delhien_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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