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Functional Fitness, Physical Activity, Physical Frailty and Fall Risk of Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study Of Ghana.

The study aims to determine the Functional Fitness, Physical Activity (PA), Physical Frailty and Fall Risk of Community-Dwelling Older Adults aged 60 years and above in Ghana as an example of a Sub-Saharan African Low Middle Income Country. It will be a population-based cross-sectional study involving the use of a battery of physical performance tests, activity monitors, standardized questionnaires and individual semi-structured interviews. The expected outcomes of this project are to attain a descriptive epidemiology of these four interrelated constructs relevant to healthy ageing and to identify their interrelationships in this specific setting, as well as the socio-demographic factors associated with them. It is also expected that themes emerging from the interviews will identify the determinants, facilitators and barriers of PA. These outcomes will provide foundational data to support future trials and intervention studies that seek to improve PA and functional fitness and prevent frailty and falls in this population.

Date:4 Oct 2022 →  Today
Keywords:Older adults, Physical Frailty, Falls, Ghana
Disciplines:Elderly care, Human movement and sports sciences not elsewhere classified
Project type:PhD project