Kalideen Letasha, Van Wyk Jacqueline M, Govender Pragashnie
School of Clinical Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.
Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med. 2022 Mar 18;14(1):e1-e9. doi: 10.4102/phcfm.v14i1.3131.
The demand for long-term care facilities (LTCFs) amongst older people in South Africa (SA) is growing and there is insufficient information on the profile and healthcare needs of this population.
This study was conducted to describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of residents in LTFCs in SA.
Three LTCFs in eThekwini district.
A cross-sectional design was used to collect data from a purposive sample of 102 (N = 204) residents. A structured questionnaire was used to collect demographic and clinical data. The data were entered into Microsoft Excel and analysed descriptively and inferentially using R version 3.5.1 software.
The majority of the residents (59.8%) were between 65 and 80 years (78.9 ± 8.1 years) and 74.5% were women. The residents were white people (91.1%), SA born (82.4%) and widowed (54.9%). English was the primary language (91.1%), with the majority being christian (52.0%). Some residents had a university education, were previously employed and are financially independent. Ninety-three percent had clinical conditions, each suffering from at least three clinical conditions. Hypertension (63.7%), high cholesterol (53.9%), arthritis (38.2%), depression (37.3%) were the most prevalent clinical conditions recorded amongst the residents. Most residents were assessed to be intermediately frail, at risk of malnutrition and had mild depression as based on the respective mean frailty-, nutrition-, and geriatric depression scores.Conc lusion: Residents in LTCFs in the eThekwini district are more likely to be white people; women, christian, widowed, intermediately frail and at risk of malnutrition.
南非老年人对长期护理机构（LTCF）的需求不断增长，而关于该人群的特征和医疗保健需求的信息不足。
本研究旨在描述南非长期护理机构居民的人口统计学和临床特征。
伊泰夸尼区的三家长期护理机构。
采用横断面设计，从102名（N = 204）居民的目的样本中收集数据。使用结构化问卷收集人口统计学和临床数据。数据录入Microsoft Excel，并使用R 3.5.1版本软件进行描述性和推断性分析。
大多数居民（59.8%）年龄在65至80岁之间（78.9±8.1岁），74.5%为女性。居民为白人（91.1%），出生于南非（82.4%），丧偶（54.9%）。英语是主要语言（91.1%），大多数为基督教徒（52.0%）。一些居民受过大学教育，以前有工作且经济独立。93%的居民有临床疾病，每人至少患三种临床疾病。高血压（63.7%）、高胆固醇（53.9%）、关节炎（38.2%）、抑郁症（37.3%）是居民中记录最普遍的临床疾病。根据各自的平均虚弱、营养和老年抑郁评分，大多数居民被评估为中度虚弱、有营养不良风险且有轻度抑郁症。
伊泰夸尼区长期护理机构的居民更可能是白人、女性、基督教徒、丧偶、中度虚弱且有营养不良风险。
