Prevalence of Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus Among Geriatric Women of Rural Maharashtra in India
Journal Title: IJAR-Indian Journal of Applied Research - Year 2016, Vol 6, Issue 9
Abstract
The geriatric population is defined as population aged 60 years and above. Ageing is becoming a social problem, particularly in the rural regions. The considerable proportion that is 48.2% of elderly population are women, who are most vulnerable but never been focused or carefully studied. Study was performed specially in rural geriatric women, focusing on their socio-economic and health status. Objectives: To assess the hypertensive and diabetes morbidity pattern in geriatric women and its correlation with socio- demographic condition of participant. Methodology: A community based cross sectional study. Results: A major fraction of the population was in the age group of 60-69 years old, while a small fraction (7.69%) were 80 years old or older. 30.38% elderly women had hypertension. 10.50% of elderly were found to have diabetes. among diabetic (19), 31.58% were affected by hypertension and 36.85% comes under pre-hypertension stage but there was no significant association observed.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Sunita Patel, Dr. Abhay Mudey, Dr Smrutiranjan Nayak, Dr. Meenakshi Khapre
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