Functionality of Elderly Persons: A Comparison Between Institutionalized and Non – Institutionalized Elderly Persons in Nairobi City County, in Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorMugo, Judy Wairimu
dc.contributor.authorOnywera, Vincent
dc.contributor.authorWaudo, Judith
dc.contributor.authorOtieno, Ochieng George
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-21T07:11:36Z
dc.date.available2023-06-21T07:11:36Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionArticleen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study compared the Functionality of Institutionalized elderly persons and that of the elderly persons living with their family and or community members using the Modified Barthel Index. Two hundred and seventy elderly men and women who met the inclusion criteria were sampled, 135 from 4 Institutions namely Mji wa Huruma, Nyumba ya Wazee Ruaraka, Kariobangi Cheshire home and Mother Teresa in Huruma and 135 from Gumba, Kariobangi, Huruma and Kawangware divisions. Data were coded and entered using EPI Info version 9 and were analyzed using SPSS version 17. There were more totally dependent elderly at Institutions (13.6%), compared to 3% who were Non-institutionalized. The majority of those who were able to independently go in and out of their house and in and out of bed or wheel chair were living in the Institutions of the elderly. There were no gender differences in performing ADLs. More men than women were found to have pressure sores and bed sores. The study will reference for similar studies in Kenya and other parts of the world and prompt tertiary institutions of learning to design new training programs and review existing programs to address the Functionality needs of the growing population of Elderly persons.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Council for Science, Technology, Innovation (NACOSTI) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)en_US
dc.identifier.citationJudy Wairimu Mugo, Vincent Onywera, Judith Waudo, Ochieng George Otieno. Functionality of Elderly Persons: A Comparison Between Institutionalized and Non – Institutionalized Elderly Persons in Nairobi City County, in Kenya. World Journal of Public Health. Vol. 3, No. 1, 2018, pp. 9-15. doi: 10.11648/j.wjph.20180301.12en_US
dc.identifier.otherdoi: 10.11648/j.wjph.20180301.12
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/25899
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherScience Publishing Groupen_US
dc.subjectElderlyen_US
dc.subjectFunctionalityen_US
dc.subjectInstitutions of the Elderly Personsen_US
dc.titleFunctionality of Elderly Persons: A Comparison Between Institutionalized and Non – Institutionalized Elderly Persons in Nairobi City County, in Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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