ArticleAfrican journal of primary health care & family medicine2022
Demographic and clinical profiles of residents in long-term care facilities in South Africa: A cross-sectional survey.
Article in African journal of primary health care & family medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06235710 (Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Complaints in Nursing Home Residents), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Complaints in Nursing Home Residents
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Prevalence of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) in nursing home residents: a systematic literature review.European geriatric medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Aging with burden: multimorbidity, depression and quality of life in older adults residing in long-term care facilities in South Africa.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Self-perception and clinical presentation of eating and swallowing difficulties within elderly care.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe 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.
aimThis study was conducted to describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of residents in LTFCs in SA.
settingThree LTCFs in eThekwini district.
methodsA 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.
resultsThe 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.
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