Jornal de Pesquisa Clínica e Bioética

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Assessment of Knowledge Regarding Determinants of Health Behavior among the Elderly People

Sayyed Muhammad Hamad Chishti*

Introduction: Elders health means a lot in overall community health. Health related behaviors and life style consider the main component which affect human health, bad life style and behaviors are the pathogenic factors which cause diseases among people, older adults living in a various geographical areas are at higher risk of health problems so in this regard becoming a burden for their family and the communities in which they live.

Methods: Target population of this study was elders of the rural community of, Lahore and sample was 80 participants age above than 60 year.

Results: The findings of this research was beyond our expectation as more than 50% elders have had adequate knowledge about health while remaining have not.

Conclusions: This study gives an overview of the community elders health related knowledge, according to this study educated elders even at primary level effect their knowledge significantly. Approximately 50% respondent possess the adequate knowledge of health like to know how to preventive and be curative, other 50% needs health knowledge. Community nurse, elders and their family member need to join hand into hand in provision of health knowledge to community elders to minimize the illness and improve their quality of life to keep their community healthy and happy.