A cross sectional study on the health status of geraitric population

Reshmi, Panchasheela S.; Hussaini, Syed Mustafa Al; Bendigiri, Nazir Ahmed D.; Tenglikar, Sharad G.

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20161614

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“…18 Also more than 50% of the elders were suffering from more than one chronic disease also shown by another study of India. 13 Communicable diseases are less prevalent in this age group as compared to non-communicable diseases.…”

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Frequency of chronic diseases in elderly age group.

Mir¹,

Hassnain²,

Khan³

2021

TPMJ

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Objective: To determine the frequency of chronic diseases in elder age group of above 60 years along with their regular activities and functional limitations. Study Design: Cross Sectional study. Setting: Thokar Niaz Baig Area of Lahore. Period: January 2017 to June 2017. Material & Methods: A total of 163 respondents, both males and females above the age of 60 years were interviewed using Quota sampling. Data was collected with the help of a pretested structured questionnaire after informed consent. Results: The mean age of our study sample was 69 ± 7.1 years. 63.8% were males while females were only 36.2%. Hypertension was found to be 69.3% followed by Diabetes in 51.5%, Visual disturbance 52.1%. Only 10.4% were dependent in physical activity in which 23.5% depends on paid attendants. Elderly depending among them on their son for any support of income were 90% and 90.2% of the study subjects lived with their family in joint family system while 9.8% lived among them. Out of all participants 75.5% have the decision power. Conclusion: The risk of diabetes, hypertension, and visual problems were more among the selected population of geriatrics.

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“…In a study from Italy this ratio was 0.9: 12 while in a study from India this ratio was 1:1. 13 Education plays a significant role in all the aspects of life. The occupation, income and lifestyle all are affected by education.…”

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Frequency of chronic diseases in elderly age group.

Mir¹,

Hassnain²,

Khan³

2021

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“…This is contrary to study conducted by Reshmi et al in Karnataka who reported that majority of these people belonged to lower class (70%), followed by upper lower class (29%) respectively. 7 Vision problem (51.5%) was most common morbidity observed in our study followed by arthritis (40.7%), hypertension (39.3%), gastrointestinal disorders (38.1%), cataract (30.0%), diabetes (26.5%), body ache (25.9%), asthma (17.6%), cardiovascular diseases (14.7%), cancer and hearing impairment (10.9%) and so on. Gupta et al also revealed same morbidity pattern where eye problems were observed in 68.1% study subjects followed by hypertension (44.0%), gastrointestinal disorders (38.6%) and so on.…”

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“…where we consider 95% CI, the z-value at 5% level of confidence for two tailed test is 1.96, prevalence of diabetes among the geriatric population is 39.0% in a study conducted by Reshmi et al in Kalaburgi, Karnataka in 2016 with absolute precise margin of error 3.5% and with usual statistical constant (α=0.05) and (β=0.2). 7 The calculated sample size was 746. Hence, we included about 750 geriatric persons in our study.…”

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A multinomial regression model to determine the factors related to morbidity pattern among the geriatric population of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir

Shivgotra

Nanda²,

Kumar³

2022

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Ageing is progressive phenomenon beginning with conception and ends with death. It is a universal reality characterized by increase in morbidity, multimorbidity, increased health care and social demands. The purpose of this study was to examine patterns in morbidities existing among geriatric population and to identify effect of various socio-demographic variables on number of morbidities prevailing among them.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among geriatric population of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir, India by using multi-stage procedure. Descriptive analysis was done by using software IBM SPSS version 25.0. Multinomial regression model was used to examine effect of various socio-demographic variables on number of chronic morbidities prevailing among them.Results: A total of 750 geriatric persons included 392 (52.3%) males and 352 (48.7%) females. Majority of them were suffering from vision problems (51.5%), followed by arthritis (40.7%), hypertension (39.3%), and so on. It was observed that Nagalkerke’s R square was 0.331 which showed that there exists weak relationship (33.1%) between the predictors and predicted variable. Our findings reported that gender, marital status, dependency status, socio-economic factors and increasing age were mainly responsible for predicting number of morbidities at various levels among the geriatric population with reference category one morbidity.Conclusions: The findings of this study are important to support policy makers and health care professionals in recognizing individuals at risk that could be integrated into current programs of social, economic and health security of older persons.

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“…Since, the elderly population in India is expected to rise from 8% of total population in 2010 to 19% by 2050 [15] an increase in cases of osteoporotic proximal femoral fractures is expected in coming days. Proximal femoral fracture in elderly people with osteoporosis is a big challenge for treating orthopedic surgeon in view of intra & post-operative complications along with functional outcome.…”

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Evaluation of functional outcome of cemented bipolar hemiarthroplasty for treatment of osteoporotic proximal femoral fractures in elderly people

Mayi¹,

Shah²,

Jidgekar³

2016

Ind. Jour. Orthop. Surg.

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Background: In India the estimated geriatric population is going to rise from 8% of total population in 2010 to 19% by 2050. Incidence of osteoporosis and associated fractures will rise in coming years with increasing elderly population. Management of fracture neck of femur and unstable intertrochanteric fractures in osteoporotic bone is challenging in elderly as they are more prone for fracture associated complications like pressure sore, deep vein thrombosis and pneumonia. Aim: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the role of cemented bipolar hemiarthroplasty in management of osteoporotic proximal femoral fractures in elderly people. Patients and Methods: In this prospective study twenty patients with osteoporosis having proximal femoral fractures (fracture neck of femur/unstable intertrochanteric fracture) were treated by cemented bipolar hemiarthroplasty. Patients were followed up at 3 weeks, 3, 6, and 12 months to evaluate the function outcome. Mean age of the patients in this study was 73.84 years. Results: Average duration follow up in this study was 14.63 month. Mean Harris Hip Score in the postoperative period was 42.73 ± 8.78 which improved to 81.57 ± 9.11 at 6 months. Average post-operative mobilization duration was 3.84 day and average hospital stay was 11.31 day. At 1 year follow up 85% patients had excellent to fair outcome and 10% had poor outcome. Conclusion: Treatment of osteoporotic proximal femoral fractures with cemented bipolar hemiarthroplasty gives better functional outcome.

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A cross sectional study on the health status of geraitric population

Cited by 6 publications

References 2 publications

Frequency of chronic diseases in elderly age group.

Frequency of chronic diseases in elderly age group.

A multinomial regression model to determine the factors related to morbidity pattern among the geriatric population of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir

Evaluation of functional outcome of cemented bipolar hemiarthroplasty for treatment of osteoporotic proximal femoral fractures in elderly people

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