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LEONARDO LOPEZ, Miguel; MIRANDA GUERRA, Amauri de Jesús  y  HERNANDEZ VERGEL, Lázaro Luis. Value of elderly in two consulting rooms of "Hermanos Cruz" Teaching Polyclinic. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2010, vol.26, n.2. ISSN 0864-2125.

Introduction: aging study and its features has becomes a priority care aim within the current justified interest by senility. Objectives: to characterize the geriatric patients according age and sex, to determine the inabilities and the degree level of these patients. Methods: a cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted in 2007 in two consulting rooms (Nro. 112 and 251) and family nurse from the "Hermanos Cruz" Teaching Polyclinic in Prinar del Río province, Cuba. Sample included 142 elderly patients. Researched variables included: age, sex, degree level and inability. For information collection we used the documentary observational method of medical records and geriatric scale of functional assessment, Lawton's index and survey on inability risk factors. Results: in sample predominated the age group of 70-74 years and the 51.40 % of patients were males. The 72.53 % had inability and the 73.94 % had independence of habitual activities in degree III level. Conclusions: a level of some inability is present in most of elderlies although with independence in their habitual activities.

Palabras clave : Elderly; degree; inability.

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