Abstract

BREIJO MATO, Luis Racirt; PEREZ MIJARES, Edelsa; BREIJO MADERA, Guillermo  and  PADRON RODRIGUEZ, Rogelio. Social-epidemiological study of elderlies who suffer accident. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.6, pp.1017-1026. ISSN 1561-3194.

Introduction: aging of humans is the result of a complex interaction of anatomical, physiological, psychological and social factors. There are multifactorial causes of accidents in the elderly, could be intrinsic or extrinsic; observing a high incidence of accidents. Objective: to determine socio-epidemiological factors associated with this health problem in San Juan y Martínez municipality during 2013, allowing the implementation of health care actions to prevent and reduce the high frequency of accidents in the elderly. Material and method: a retrospective, descriptive and cross-sectional research which comprised a target group of 615 patients and 300 of them taken as a sample after completing the informed consent. The procedure of percentage value was applied; this study was carried out in San Juan y Martinez municipality. Results: male sex predominated (56.0%). Ages from 71 to 80 prevailed (48.7%). The majority of patients lived in urban zones (62.70%), retired 51.1%. Main accidents were: fall 64.0% and injuries 16.3%. Hypertension and osteomyoarticular diseases were among the most general; intrinsic and extrinsic causes of accidents were described. Conclusions: moderate functional families were the most representative, where the elderly receive the necessary support of those people accompanying them. An educative proposal was designed describing the actions to prevent accidents in the elderly counting on the family support.

Keywords : Aged; Accidents; Risk factors.

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