Cadmus, Eniola O.
Adebusoye, Lawrence A.
Owoaje, Eme T.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Carnegie Corporation of New York (B 8606.R02)
Article History
Accepted: 25 May 2021
First Online: 25 June 2021
Change Date: 30 October 2021
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-021-01243-2
Declarations
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: The authors declare that there are no competing financial and non-financial interests.
: Permission to conduct the study was obtained from the University of Ibadan/University College Hospital (UI/UCH) Ethical Review Committee assigned number UI/EC/18/0204. Informed consent was obtained from all respondents before the administration of the questionnaires and FGDs.
: Respondents were informed of their right to decline or withdraw from the study at any time without any adverse consequences after which written or verbal consent was obtained. Informed consent was obtained from all respondents before the administration of the questionnaires. Due to the documented low level of literacy among the study population, written consent was obtained from those who were literate while thumbprint or verbal consent was accepted for those who were unable to write.
: Data collected was used for research purposes only and kept confidential on a password-protected computer. Names and addresses of the participants were not included in the data collection instrument and thus collected data cannot be linked with any person. Research assistants were also trained to keep the information confidential.
: The questionnaire was translated to Yoruba, the local language for ease of communication and back-translated to English to ensure the original meanings were maintained before pre-test and administration.
: Findings from the conduct of this research will be used for the advancement of old age supportive policy in Oyo state, Nigeria and other low and middle-income countries.
: The study constituted a minimal risk to the participants due to the non-invasive nature of data collection. However, some of the questions were noted for their ability to trigger psychological response and the field assistants were trained to manage any situation that may have arisen.