HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOR TOWARDS HEALTH PROMOTION AMONG FAMILIES WITH ELDERLY IN ISIALA MBANO LGA IMO STATE
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to find out the health seeking behavior towards health promotion among families with elderly in Isiala Mbano LGA Imo State. To achieve this purpose the ex- post facto research design was used to assess 399 respondents drawn from three clans of Isiala Mbano LGA through stratified sampling technique. A closed ended questionnaire was used to obtain responses from the respondents, 400 copies of questionnaire were distributed to the respondents while 399 copies were received. Data collected for this study were analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequency counts, percentage mean and standard deviations and inferential statistics of ANOVA, Scheffe post hoc test and independent t- test. 0.05 level of significance was used for all test of significance. The findings show that age has significant effect in health care seeking behavior among the aged group in Isiala Mbano LGA Imo State and poor health care seeking behavior is present among age 80 years and above compared to 60 – 64 and 70 – 74 years respectively. It was concluded that age is a significant factor in decreasing healthcare seeking behavior among the aged in Isiala Mbano LGA. It was recommended that the government should embark on massive enlightenment programes for the aged in other to educate them and encourage them on health services available to them and also seek them when needed. Cost reduction and disease management should also be considered.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT 1
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study 5
Statement of the Problem 6
Research Objectives 7
Research Questions 8
Significance of the Study 8
Scope and Limitation of the Study 9
Operational Definition of Terms 10
CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Introduction 11
Concept of Aging 11
Concept of Health Care 12
Health Care Seeking Behavior Among the Aged 15
Awareness of Health Care Service Among the Aged Persons 17
Practice of The Aged Persons towards Health Care 18
Health Problems Associated with Ageing 20
Theoretical Framework on Health Care Seeking Behavior among the Aged 23
Empirical Studies on Health Care Seeking Behavior 31
CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY
Introduction 34
Research Design 34
Population of the Study 35
Sample and Sampling Techniques 35
Instrumentation 36
Validation of the Instrument 36
Procedure for Data Collection 36
Procedure for Data Analysis 37
CHAPTER FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
Introduction 39
Results 39
Test of hypotheses 46
Discussion of Findings 53
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Summary 57
Conclusions 58
Recommendations 59
REFERENCES 60
APPENDIX 73
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Aging refers to a lifelong process and varies in its effect on individuals, and as commonly defined as beginning at the age of 65 (Hess, 2008). Aging is a process of becoming older, it represent the accumulation of changes in person overtime (Bowen, Richard, Atwood, & Craig 2004). Aging is the gradual change in the structure of any organism that occur in the passage of time, that does not result from disease or other gross accidents and that eventually lead to the increased probability of death as the individual grows older (Miller 2003).
