Varun Nair, Hallie Dau, Marianne Vidler, Maryam AboMoslim, Barbra Mutamba, McKerron Scott, Zoey Nesbitt, John Deodatha, Schadrack Danson Byiringiro, Charles Niyotwiringiye, Nadia Mithani, Laurie Smith, Gina Ogilvie, Stephen Rulisa
Understanding the cervical cancer self-collection preferences of women living in urban and rural Rwanda
PLOS global public health
changes demography developing countries haves led new issues among older rural populations selfneglect researchedselfneglect identified poor selfcare unsafe living quarters inadequate medical care poor utilization services increase odds morbidity mortalitymethods study conducted kaniyambadi rural block vellore district state tamil nadu india ten villages randomly selected study conducted among people older 60 years selected random sampling using computergenerated list following assessments done 19item questionnaire used assess selfneglect ii katz index daily living assess functional activity iii mini mental state examination evaluate cognition iv geriatric depression scale identify depression v duke social support index measure social supports clinical data anthropometric data also collected data entered epidata v31 analyses performed using spss v230results one hundred fourteen people 60 years age participated prevalence selfneglect 211 95 ci 14929 half elderly population 4738 refused seek follow medical advice lower levels education 3678 95 ci 1017 13301 lower social class 4455 95 ci 1236 16050 functional impairment 3643 95 ci 1373 9668 found significant factors associated selfneglect though prevalence comorbidities 70 depression 27 high statistical evidence association selfneglect