Valoración geriátrica ambulatoria de 2116 adultos mayores pobres / Geriatric assessment of 2116 free living elders
Rev. méd. Chile
; 126(6): 609-14, jun. 1998. tab
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em Espanhol
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Geriatric assessment quantifies medical, functional, mental and social capabilities and alterations of elders and is the first step to initiate specific intervention programs.Aim:
To report the initial geriatric assessment of a program aimed to help poor elders living in Metropolitan Santiago. Subjects andmethods:
Two thousand one hundred sixteen free living subjects aged 65 to 99 years old (711 males) were subjected to an assessment using a simple geriatric score validated abroad and used previously in Chile. The resulting score ranges from 0 (better) to 5 (worst).Results:
Eighty eight percent of elders did not have problems in the functional evaluation. Subjects over 75 years old needed occasional support for the daily activities with higher frequency than younger subjects (12 and 5.4 per cent respectively, p< 0.001) and had a higher frequency of major functional limitations (7.8 and 3.2 per cent respectively, p< 0.001). Mental assessment was considered normal in 89.4 per cent of subjects. Those over 75 years old had a higher frequency of memory disturbances (11.4 and 6.5 per cent respectively) and cognitive alterations (4.6 and 1.8 per cent respectively). Indefinite social support could be received by 84 per cent of subjects, but 7.4 per cent did not have access to this resource.Conclusions:
Geriatric assessment of poor elders gives useful information to identify those subjects that require community help
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Contexto em Saúde:
Agenda de Saúde Sustentável para as Américas
Problema de saúde:
Objetivo 11 Desigualdades e iniquidades na saúde
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Avaliação Geriátrica
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
Aspecto:
Equidade e iniquidade
Limite:
Idoso
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
1998
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Artigo
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Congresso e conferência