ABSTRACT
Although
there have been studies on prevalence of obesity and diabetes among the elderly
in Nigeria, there is a paucity of information on the health belief determinants
of obesity and diabetes among the elderly in rural and urban settings. It is in
this view that this study seeks to assess the health belief determinants of
obesity and diabetes mellitus among the elderly in Umuahia metropolis in
Umuahia North LGA and UmuikeaIsialaNgwa South LGA.A cross-sectional survey design was used. The study population consisted
of older persons from 60 years and above residing in Umuahia metropolis and
Umuikea region of Abia State.Multi-stage
sampling technique was used. In the first stage two (2) two Local Government
Areas from the 17 LGAs in Abia State were selected by balloting based on the
criteria of been an urban or rural settlement. In the second stage two
communities each were selected by balloting in each of the selected LGAs.Data
collection was done using a closed ended questionnaire and interview structured
in line with the questionnaires was used. The questionnaire was sectioned into
four (4) section A assessed the socioeconomic and demographic data, section B
assessed the health beliefs
determinants of obesity, section C assessed the health beliefs determinants of
diabetes mellitus, section D assessed the anthropometric and blood
glucose measurements of the respondents.Descriptive statistics (frequency and
percentage, mean and standard deviation) was obtained for objective 1, 2, 3 and
4 respectively and inferential statistics was obtained for objective 5 while
significance was judged at p<0.05. Result showed that many (65.3%) of the subjects were between the
ages of 60-65 years while few (2%) of them were above 90 years of age. more
than half (65.3%) of the subjects were females while some (34.7%) of them were
males.The BMI
result revealed that some (30.6%) of the subjects were overweight (pre-obese 28.23±1.70), 24.5% of them had normal weight
(22.99±1.02) while the various classes of obesity were also prevalent (class 1
(16.3%) 32.34±0.74, class 2 (14.3%) 37.09±0.41) and class 3 (14.3%).The
random blood glucose result showed that majority (79.6%) of the subjects had a
normal blood glucose level (112.15±15.13),
8.2% of the subjects were pre-diabetic (155.75±6.44), while few (6.1%) of the
subjects had diabetics (315.67±46.19) and had low blood glucose (67.00±0.00)
respectively. No
significant relationship was observed between the health belief determinants,
the body mass index and the waist hip ratio of the subjects.This study
recommends a multi-sectoral approach in the intervention to curb the incidence
of malnutrition among the elderly population in the study area which will
involve both the education, media and health sectors.
ANAEKEE, A (2023). Assessment of the Health Belief Determinants Of Obesity And Diabetes Mellitus Among The Elderly In Selected Rural Isiala Ngwa South And Urban Umuahia North Local Government Areas Of Abia State. . Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Nov 20, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/assessment-of-the-health-belief-determinants-of-obesity-and-diabetes-mellitus-among-the-elderly-in-selected-rural-isiala-ngwa-south-and-urban-umuahia-north-local-government-areas-of-abia-state-7-2
ANAEKEE, ANAEKEE. "Assessment of the Health Belief Determinants Of Obesity And Diabetes Mellitus Among The Elderly In Selected Rural Isiala Ngwa South And Urban Umuahia North Local Government Areas Of Abia State. " Mouau.afribary.org. Mouau.afribary.org, 22 May. 2023, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/assessment-of-the-health-belief-determinants-of-obesity-and-diabetes-mellitus-among-the-elderly-in-selected-rural-isiala-ngwa-south-and-urban-umuahia-north-local-government-areas-of-abia-state-7-2. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.
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ANAEKEE, ANAEKEE. "Assessment of the Health Belief Determinants Of Obesity And Diabetes Mellitus Among The Elderly In Selected Rural Isiala Ngwa South And Urban Umuahia North Local Government Areas Of Abia State. " Mouau.afribary.org (2023). Accessed 20 Nov. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/assessment-of-the-health-belief-determinants-of-obesity-and-diabetes-mellitus-among-the-elderly-in-selected-rural-isiala-ngwa-south-and-urban-umuahia-north-local-government-areas-of-abia-state-7-2