Lesiones accidentales en adultos mayores: un reto para los sistemas de salud / Accidental injuries in older adults: a challenge for the health systems
Salud pública Méx
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50(6): 463-471, nov.-dic. 2008. tab
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in Spanish
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RESUMEN
OBJETIVO:
Identificar los factores sociodemográficos, de salud y apoyo social relacionados con las lesiones accidentales en adultos mayores residentes de colonias urbanas marginales de las ciudades de Cuernavaca, Chilpancingo, Guadalajara y Culiacán. MATERIAL YMÉTODOS:
En 2004-2005 se llevó a cabo un estudio transversal; mediante muestra no probabilística, se entrevistó a 799 adultos mayores; se emplearon pruebas no paramétricas y un modelo multivariado de regresión logística.RESULTADOS:
Del total de entrevistas, 37 por ciento notificaron lesiones y la causa principal fueron las caídas (54 por ciento). El hogar fue el sitio con mayor número de accidentes (52 por ciento). Los factores de riesgo asociados fueron edad avanzada, trabajar, mayor número de enfermedades, mayor consumo de medicamentos, remedios y bebidas alcohólicas, percepción de "mala salud", apoyo familiar inadecuado y ser cuidador de otros.CONCLUSIONES:
La multicausalidad obliga, por una parte, a que toda la sociedad participe y, por la otra, a la intervención del área de la salud para prevenir y atender el problema.ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To identify factors (sociodemographic, health, and social support) associated with the presence of accidental injuries in older adults living in deprived urban neighborhoods in four Mexican municipalities. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
Cross-sectional survey carried out in 2004-2005, with a non-probabilistic, intentional sample of 799 male and female elderly living in deprived urban areas in four Mexican municipalities. For the statistical analysis, non-parametric tests and multivariate logistic regression models were used.RESULTS:
More than a third (37 percent) of the sample reported injuries; with falls being the main cause. Home was the venue where most accidents took place (52 percent). Risk factors for accidental injuries were advanced age, working, greater number of illnesses, consumption of more medicines and remedies, self-perception of "poor" health , consumption of alcoholic beverages, inadequate family support and being a caretaker of others.CONCLUSIONS:
The multi-causality of accidental injuries in older adults demands the participation of all sectors of society, and particularly public health interventions.
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Main subject:
Wounds and Injuries
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Accidents
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Vulnerable Populations
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Salud pública Méx
Journal subject:
Public Health
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Mexico
Institution/Affiliation country:
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública/MX
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