Susan Pearl Atukunda

Nutritional Status of Older Persons

A case of Nangabo Subcounty, Wakiso District, Uganda

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Data for this study was collected from older persons and Key informants. Information from older persons which included nutritional status, dietary diversity and the availability and accessibility of health services and the state of hygiene and sanitation facilities was obtained using questionaires. An interview guide was used to obtain relevant information from the key informants. Data collected from older persons was analyzed using SPSS Software while that from key informants was used in discussion of results. Results indicated that 85.9% of the respondents consumed less than 4 food groups which indicated low dietary diversity score. More than twelve percent (12.5%) of the respondents were undernourished. Sanitation and hygiene facilities were not easily accessible to everyone in the study area. Results showed that there is a significant relationship between dietary diversity and education level of older persons (p=0.001) and BMI and education level (P=0.001). The results also showed that there is a significant positive correlation (p = 0.11) between dietary diversity and BMI. These results indicated that nutrition of older persons is still inadequate.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 52
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 96g
• ISBN-13: 9786139970186
• ISBN-10: 6139970180
• Artikelnr.: 54854769

Autorenporträt

S. P. Atukunda est titulaire d'une maîtrise en nutrition humaine, d'un certificat en nutrition, droits de l'homme et gouvernance (programmes conjoints de l'université de Makerere, de l'université d'Oslo et de l'université de Stellenbosch), d'un certificat en gestion de la sécurité alimentaire du CNRIFFI, en Chine, et d'une licence en sciences et technologies alimentaires de l'université de Makerere. Elle est actuellement chercheuse à l'UIRI, en Ouganda.