Abstract

ALVAREZ RODRIGUEZ, Mary de los Ángeles; VARGAS POLANCO, Idania  and  SARMIENTO FALCON, Zenia. Biopsychosocial risk factors related to the physical disability in the elderly. MEDISAN [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.6, pp. 740-746. ISSN 1029-3019.

A case-control study to identify the biopsychosocial factors that influenced on the physical disability of 432 elderly belonging to the "Carlos Ramírez Corría" Teaching Polyclinic in San Luis municipality, Santiago de Cuba was carried out, during 2007, who were selected with a relationship of 1:2. The relative rate was used (odds ratio in English) in order to measure the association force, with a level of significance of 95%. The chronic diseases, the sequelae subsequent to the hip fracture, feelings of loneliness, partner's absence and failure to adapt to the retirement constituted risk factors of physical disability in the investigated population.

Keywords : elderly; physical disability; biopsychosocial risk factors; primary health care.

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