Health needs assessment and determinants of health-seeking behaviour among elderly Nigerians: A house-hold survey

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 58-63

  Abdulraheem, I S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Determinants; Elderly; Health care seeking behaviour; Health needs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LISTLESSNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NERVOUSNESS; NIGERIA; PATIENT SELECTION; POVERTY; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VISUAL DISORDER; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WEAKNESS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NIGERIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 39749180347     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.55715     Document Type: Article

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