Have a personal or library account? Click to login
Exploring the type of social support available to aged male hypertensive clients in Ghana Cover

Exploring the type of social support available to aged male hypertensive clients in Ghana

Open Access
|Aug 2022

Figures & Tables

Descriptive analysis of the types(s) of social support available for the respondents (n = 186)_

Types(s) of Social SupportMSDMR

StatisticStd0. Error
Feeding2.970.2781st
Health2.870.1672nd
Cleaning2.590.8683rd
Clothing2.280.3794th
Socialization2.270.3785th
Medication2.130.1686th
Washing2.170.3757th
Transportation2.250.4378th
Financial2.210.1799th
Mean of Means/StD2.250.381

Percentage distribution on the perceptions of the provision of existing caregivers (n = 186)_

StatementsYes, F (%)No, F (%)
Perception of whom to provide the need for respondents
  Self33 (17.7)153 (82.3)
  Children168 (90.3)18 (09.7)
  Relation121 (65.1)65 (34.9)
  Spouse159 (85.5)27 (14.5)
  Friends167 (89.9)19 (10.1)
  Government130 (69.9)56 (30.1)
  Others171 (91.9)15 (8.10)
Did you prepare for old age?58 (31.2)128 (68.8)
How does it feel to be your client's caregiver?
  Dignified12 (06.5)174 (93.5)
  Honored33 (17.7)153 (82.3)
  Respected15 (8.10)171 (91.9)
  Rejected167 (89.9)20 (10.1)
  Saddened159 (85.5)27 (14.5)
  Dejected169 (91.3)17 (08.7)
  Others130 (69.9)56 (30.1)

Percentage distribution of age and marital status of respondents (n = 186)_

VariablesFrequencyPercentage (%)
Age (years)
  60–656736.1
  66–705931.7
  ≥716032.2
Marital Status
  Single126.4
  Married12466.7
  Divorces/Separated3418.3
  Widowed168.6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2022-0024 | Journal eISSN: 2544-8994 | Journal ISSN: 2097-5368
Language: English
Page range: 225 - 231
Submitted on: Nov 21, 2021
|
Accepted on: Jan 27, 2022
|
Published on: Aug 3, 2022
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2022 James Konir Zufaa, Akon Emmanuel Ndiok, Irene Korkoi Aboh, Philomina Wooley, published by Shanxi Medical Periodical Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.