Morbidity profile of geriatric population of rural Telangana - A cross sectional study
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: Old age is associated with increased occurrence of a wide array of physiologic, physical, mental and social impairments or losses, which may contribute independently or collectively to disabilities. These include elevated blood pressure, decreased immune response, reduced visual, auditory and olfactory acuity, loss of muscle and bone mass Objective: To assess the socio demographic and morbidity pattern among the elderly population. Methodology: This study was conducted in 6 villages (Cherlapally, Marrigudem, Kanchanpalli, Dandampally, Annaparthi, Buddaram) which constitute the rural field practice area of Rural Health Training Centre of Department of Community Medicine involving 1265 old age subjects. Results: 70% of the study subjects belong to the age group of 60-69 years. 67.6% were married, 31.6% were widow/widower and 0.8% Were divorced. Illiterates constitute 72.3% of the study subjects. About 75%of the study subjects belong to class V of modified B.G. Prasad socio -economic classification. most common morbidity was found to be Musculo skeletal disorders (76.9%) followed by ophthalmic disorders (52.7%), psychiatric disorders (49.9%) and cardio vascular disorders (10.8%) respectively.
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Elavarthi Srikaanth Reddy, Kondagunta Nagaraj, Anant Takalkar
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