Health Behavior of Elderly in Khon Kaen Province
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em Inglês
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| ID: sea-133932
ABSTRACT
Studies concerning socioeconomic and medical problems of the elderlies in Khon Kaen Province, Northeast Thailand, were conducted in 1989 – 1990. The objectives of these stuidies were to out nutritional status, eating habit and parasitic infection. A tobal of 464 elderly persons from a semi – urban area and a rural area of Khon kean Province were sampled by the 30 cluster sampling technique in each area, The method was composed of an interview by structured questionnaire, an in – depth interview, a 24 – hour recall interview, stool examination and anthropometry by height and weight measurement. The results revealed theat most of elderly lived with their relatives and or children and had been taken care by their elotives. Half of the tobal elderlies were widwed and primary school educated ; and 22.4 per cent were working ; 66.3 percent were smokers and most of them were males ; 37.1 per cent were drinkers. Seventy – six per cent of the total elderly group habitually chewed areca nuts and betel leaves smeared with lime ; 36.4 per cent consumed improperly cooked food. IIIness prevalence of elderly during the previous 2 weeks, was fond that the number of sick elderly in the semi – urban area was slightly higher than those in the rural area. Curative behavior or health seeking behavior when getting ill of the elderly was found as following 42.2 percent went to see a doctor at the health station or clinic and 39 percent had self medication. Nutritional status of the elderly, using body mass index (BMI) calculated from weight and height revealed that rural elderlies were lean significantly much more than those in semiurban aaea. (BMI
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2010
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