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Elderly Patients And Their Health In Pakistan: Current Status, Issues, Challenges And Opportunities, Waris Qidwai, Tabinda Ashfaq
Elderly Patients And Their Health In Pakistan: Current Status, Issues, Challenges And Opportunities, Waris Qidwai, Tabinda Ashfaq
Department of Family Medicine
No abstract provided.
Ageing Population: Status, Challenges And Opportunities For Health Care Providers In Pakistan, Waris Qidwai Dr
Ageing Population: Status, Challenges And Opportunities For Health Care Providers In Pakistan, Waris Qidwai Dr
Department of Family Medicine
No abstract provided.
Family Systems: Perceptions Of Elderly Patients And Their Attendents Presenting At A University Hospital In Karachi, Pakistan, Ahmed Itrat, Ather Mohammed Taqui, Fahd Qazi, Waris Qidwai
Family Systems: Perceptions Of Elderly Patients And Their Attendents Presenting At A University Hospital In Karachi, Pakistan, Ahmed Itrat, Ather Mohammed Taqui, Fahd Qazi, Waris Qidwai
Department of Family Medicine
Objective:
To know the present status of family systems in Pakistan, changes they are undergoing and implications of such trends on health of the elderly population.
Methods:
A cross-sectional study was carried out at the out-patient clinics, AgaKhan University Hospital, using convenience sampling method. Verbal informed consent was taken from the participants. The questions included demographic profile, satisfaction with current family system, opinions about changing trends of family systems, and their implications on health. Analysis was done using SPSS 13.0.
Results:
Four hundred subjects aged 65 and above were interviewed, out of which 226 (56.5%) were living in the …