Chronic disease in older adults
Methodology: A sample of 500 older adults was selected, between 60 and 96 years of age. A questionnaire of psychosocial factors in older adults designed by Baca, Gonzalez, and Uribe was used. Results: Hypertension, diabetes and osteoporosis were the most frequent diseases in older adults, although t...
| Autor Principal: | Durán, Adriana; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana |
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| Otros Autores: | Valderrama, Laura; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Uribe, Ana Fernanda; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, González, Angélica; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Máximo Molina, Juan; Agencia de Evaluación de Tecnologías Sanitarias de Andalucía (AETSA) |
| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Idioma: | spa |
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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
2016
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http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/vnimedica/article/view/15965 |
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Methodology: A sample of 500 older adults was selected, between 60 and 96 years of age. A questionnaire of psychosocial factors in older adults designed by Baca, Gonzalez, and Uribe was used. Results: Hypertension, diabetes and osteoporosis were the most frequent diseases in older adults, although the greater percentage of this population did not refer any pathology. Married and widowers individuals presented more diseases as compared to unmarried, separated and people who live together.Conclusions: Chronic diseases are still a problem in older adults, their presence is related not only with the decrease of functionality of the humanbeing, but also with the control and prevention of pathologies and the difficulty for accessing to health systems. |
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