Results
The demographic profile of the older people living alone with chronic disease in this
study was as follows. The majority of participants were female (66.85%). The largest age
group were 71-75 years of age (31.51%) with roughly equal proportions in the 60-65 years
group (18.18%), the 66-70 years group (18.71%) and the 76-80 years group (16.57%). With
respect to level of education, most had left school after completing primary education or
similar (90.37 %), with the next largest group having had no formal education (5.88%). The
majority had either had no formal occupation (69.5%) or worked in agriculture (11.76%)
(Table 1).