IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bjc/journl/v12y2025i15p275-284.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Level of Awareness and Health Benefits of Regular Medical Checkup by the Elderly in Tombia Community, Bayelsa State

Author

Listed:
  • Tari Amakoromo

    (Department of Community Health Nursing, Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria)

  • Dr. Data, Aluye-Benibo

    (Department of Community Health Nursing, Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria)

  • Sambo Baralate

    (Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria)

Abstract

Medical checkup is seen as effective in preventing illness and promoting health as well as reducing morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice of medical check-up among the elderly in Tombia Community. A descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select sample size of 318. Data was collected through a structured interviewer questionnaire with the reliability coefficient of 0.83. Data generated were analyzed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS v.20). The significance of the hypothesis was tested using Chi – Square statistics at

Suggested Citation

  • Tari Amakoromo & Dr. Data, Aluye-Benibo & Sambo Baralate, 2025. "Level of Awareness and Health Benefits of Regular Medical Checkup by the Elderly in Tombia Community, Bayelsa State," International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI), vol. 12(15), pages 275-284, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bjc:journl:v:12:y:2025:i:15:p:275-284
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-12-issue-15/275-284.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/articles/level-of-awareness-and-health-benefits-of-regular-medical-checkup-by-the-elderly-in-tombia-community-bayelsa-state/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bjc:journl:v:12:y:2025:i:15:p:275-284. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Dr. Renu Malsaria (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.