| Autor: |
Ghada Essam El-Din Amin, Salma M. S. El Said, Essam M. Helal, Reham Salah Amin Radwan |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
The Egyptian Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology. 6:1-5 |
| ISSN: |
2536-9792 |
| DOI: |
10.21608/ejgg.2019.30885 |
| Popis: |
Background: adherence represents significant challenges to healthcare professionals especially among elderly.Aim: The study aimed to compare compliance among elderly in nursing homes and community dwelling..Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on the elderly of community dwelling (n = 200) and nursing homes (n = 200) in Cairo, Egypt. The study data were collected between February 2017 to February 2018. For data collection, Medication Assessment Questionnaire (MAQ) was used. The data were evaluated with SPSS for 22.0 Windows statistical package program. Data descriptive statistics were evaluated with independent t test and the chi-square test.Results: The majority of participants of the 2 groups are at age 60-70 years. According to the study results, most of the participants in the 2 groups are medium adherent.Conclusions: there is no difference in adherence between community dwelling and nursing homes elderly. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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