“I Have Never Visited a Health Center”: Ethiopian Centenarians’ Perceptions of Their Health Conditions
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Results
3.1. Description of Respondents
Perceived Health Problems
3.2. Decline of Sensory Functioning
3.3. Decline of Cognitive Functionality
3.4. Health-Seeking Behavior
4. Discussion
5. Limitations
6. Implications
7. Conclusions
8. Epilogue
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Name of Centenarian (Pseudonym) | Sex | Year of Birth | Age during Interview | Health Problems | Problems of Sensory Organs | Problems Related to Cognitive Functionality | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dfficulty Walking | Tiredness | Joint Tightness | Back Pain | Hypertension | Anorexia /Loss of Appetite | Diabetes | Dysarthria/Speech Disorder | Dental Problem | Insomnia/Sleeplessness | Severe Headache | Constipation | Anxiety | Urinary Incontinence | Hearing Defect | Conjunctivitis | Blindness | Decrease in Taste | Decrease in Smell | Forgetfulness | Decision-Making | Concentration Difficulty | Decline of Reasoning | Sight Perception | Hearing Pereception | Smell Perception | Decline of Taste | ||||
Dawit | M | 1906 | 108 | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | X | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Akalu | M | 1913 | 104 | X | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | X | X | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | ||
Lakech | F | 1915 | 103 | X | X | X | X | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | X | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Bitew | M | 1916 | 103 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Tamirat | M | 1916 | 102 | X | X | X | X | - | X | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | X | X | - | - | X | - | X | X | X | X | - | X | - | X |
Mersha | M | 1917 | 101 | X | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | X | - | - | X | - | - | X | - | - | X | - | - | - | |||
Solomon | M | 1917 | 100 | - | - | - | - | X | - | X | - | X | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | |
Demeke | M | 1917 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Nebyou | M | 1918 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | |
Total | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
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Chane, S.; Adamek, M.E. “I Have Never Visited a Health Center”: Ethiopian Centenarians’ Perceptions of Their Health Conditions. J. Ageing Longev. 2024, 4, 264-273. https://doi.org/10.3390/jal4030019
Chane S, Adamek ME. “I Have Never Visited a Health Center”: Ethiopian Centenarians’ Perceptions of Their Health Conditions. Journal of Ageing and Longevity. 2024; 4(3):264-273. https://doi.org/10.3390/jal4030019
Chicago/Turabian StyleChane, Samson, and Margaret E. Adamek. 2024. "“I Have Never Visited a Health Center”: Ethiopian Centenarians’ Perceptions of Their Health Conditions" Journal of Ageing and Longevity 4, no. 3: 264-273. https://doi.org/10.3390/jal4030019
APA StyleChane, S., & Adamek, M. E. (2024). “I Have Never Visited a Health Center”: Ethiopian Centenarians’ Perceptions of Their Health Conditions. Journal of Ageing and Longevity, 4(3), 264-273. https://doi.org/10.3390/jal4030019