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Rev. cuba. med. gen. integr ; 27(1): 63-73, ene.-mar. 2011.
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-615472

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Introducción: se realizó un estudio descriptivo, en la población de adultos mayores atendidos por el Consultorio del Médico de Familia # 4, perteneciente al policlínico Ramón González Coro, del municipio Marianao, durante 2008. Objetivo: se realizó el análisis del comportamiento del riesgo de caídas de los adultos mayores en el hogar. Métodos: estudio de investigación descriptiva, en cuyo desarrollo se utilizó un modelo cualicuantitativo, y en su ejecución se emplearon métodos teóricos, empíricos y procedimientos estadísticos. Resultados: hubo un predomino del sexo femenino, el mayor por ciento de los adultos mayores presentó algún grado de dependencia, y tuvieron un mediano riesgo de sufrir una caída en su hogar


Introduction: a descriptive study was conducted in the elderly person population seen in the # 4 Family Physician Consulting Room of the Ramón González Coro polyclinic from the Marianao municipality during 2008. Objective: an analysis of the falls risk behavior of elderly persons at home was made. Methods: a descriptive research study was conducted using the qualitative and quantitative model and in its implementation theoretical, empirical methods as well as statistic procedures were used. Results: there was predominance of female sex, the higher percentage of elderly persons had some degree of dependence and also had a middle risk of suffering a fall at home


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Humans , Male , Female , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Accidental Falls/prevention & control , Psychiatric Status Rating Scales/statistics & numerical data , Data Collection/methods , Cross-Sectional Studies , Epidemiology, Descriptive , Impacts of Polution on Health/prevention & control
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