Because of the longevity of children diagnosed with chronic illness, many adult institutions are now seeing an influx of adolescents with chronic illnesses. An urgent need exists to educate adult care nurses on adolescent development, childhood chronic illness, and techniques to guide young adult patients through illness and hospitalization.This article describes the development of an education...

Previous research which has examined men’s health have not coalesced in a single study chronic illness, self-rated health status, health care seeking behaviour, health insurance coverage and income function. The current study seeks to evaluate the general health status of males and association between chronic illness and particular socioeconomic factors, and model socioeconomic and other determ...

Introduction : Depression is the most common psychiatric disorder among the elderly. The hallmark of depression in the elderly is its comorbidity with medical illness. Aim : To determine the prevalence of depression and its association with chronic illness among the elderly in a rural community setting. Methods : A cross sectional study design was used. A 30-item Geriatric Depression Scale ques...