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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
The impact of caregiving on the health and well-being of Kenyan Luo grandparents
Research on Aging, Volume 32, No. 1, Year 2010
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Description
As the HIV/AIDS pandemic progresses in Africa, elders are increasingly responsible for the care of orphans. Several reports suggest that elderly Africans do not have the resources to provide care and are at risk of poor health, but few studies have systematically measured health of caregivers. The Kenyan Grandparents Study is a longitudinal study designed to compare elder Luo caregivers to noncaregiving peers. Several measures of health were collected, including body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, glucose, and hemoglobin. In addition, self-perceived health and mental health were measured using the MOS Short-Form 36 (SF-36). It was hypothesized that caregivers would have poorer health than noncaregivers and that the difference in health would widen over the three waves of the study. Caregiving did not affect physical health but did act to decrease mental health and perceived health over time. © The Author(s) 2010.
Authors & Co-Authors
Ice, Gillian Harper
United States, Athens
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Yogo, Jaja
United States, Athens
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Heh, Victor
United States, Athens
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Juma, Elizabeth A.
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Statistics
Citations: 49
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1177/0164027509348128
ISSN:
01640275
e-ISSN:
15527573
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Mental Health
Noncommunicable Diseases
Study Design
Cohort Study
Study Approach
Quantitative