了解加纳 COVID-19 大流行期间老年人的功能和健康寻求行为：一项描述性定性研究。
Understanding older adults' functioning and health-seeking behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana: A descriptive qualitative study.
机构信息
Department of Social Studies, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.
African Health and Ageing Research Centre (AHARC), Winneba, Ghana.
出版信息
Health Soc Care Community. 2022 May;30(3):e823-e831. doi: 10.1111/hsc.13452. Epub 2021 May 25.
Little research has been conducted to explore the functional status of community-dwelling older adults in sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study investigated the functional status and the health-seeking behaviour of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. Utilising a descriptive qualitative approach, semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from 12 eligible older adults from southern Ghana. With the use of NVivo (v12), descriptive and focused coding techniques were employed to analyse the data. The following five themes were identified after the data analysis: (a) older adults' health status during COVID-19 pandemic, (b) feeling limited, (c) feeling of unhappiness for being inactive, (d) striving to be active and (e) seeking healthcare during COVID-19 pandemic. This study revealed the unique health and social-related needs of Ghanaian older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study's findings draw attention to the urgent need for the state to devise practical health and social-related initiatives to support older adults during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
针对撒哈拉以南非洲（包括加纳）社区居住的老年人的功能状态，尤其是在 COVID-19 大流行期间，相关研究很少。本研究调查了加纳 COVID-19 大流行期间老年人的功能状态和寻医行为。本研究采用描述性定性方法，通过半结构化访谈，从加纳南部的 12 名符合条件的老年人中收集数据。利用 NVivo（v12），采用描述性和聚焦编码技术对数据进行分析。数据分析后确定了以下五个主题：（a）COVID-19 大流行期间老年人的健康状况，（b）感到受限，（c）因不活跃而感到不快乐，（d）努力保持活跃，（e）在 COVID-19 大流行期间寻求医疗保健。本研究揭示了加纳老年人在 COVID-19 大流行期间独特的健康和社会相关需求。本研究结果提请人们注意国家在 COVID-19 大流行期间和之后制定切实可行的健康和社会相关倡议以支持老年人的迫切需要。
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