Abstract

PEREIRA BURDELOIS, Natacha  and  FERNANDEZ RODRIGUEZ, Isabel Cristina. Morbility and valuation of the geriatric patient in a community. AMC [online]. 2001, vol.5, n.2. ISSN 1025-0255.

A descriptive, cross-sectional study about morbility and valuation of the geriatric patient in a community with a study universe of122 patients during one-year period (January 1998 to January 1999) who were assisted in the health clinics 3,4 and 5 belongin to Carlos J. Finlay Communitary Teaching Hospital in Lenin locality of Camagüey City. A medical survey was used for this, which was primary register of the research. The 51,6% of patients were masculine and the 73,7% from the diSpensary group III. Somking habit and alcoholism once a week were the toxic habits more frequently found arterial. Hypertension was the chronic disease more frequent together with asteomyarticular discapacitus followed by cardiovascular disorders in the group. Independence as to valuation level prevailed among the studied patients.

Keywords : AGED; MORBIDITY; SELF CARE; MORBITY; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVINE.

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