Caracterización de las condiciones de salud de los adultos mayores en el centro municipal de atención al adulto mayor n°1. Loja, 2016

Abstract

Abstract:n order to characterize the health conditions of older adults who attended the center of care for the elderly n ° 1, the geriatric history model was applied, as well as different scales and tests assessed by the Ministry of Public Health; the results were analyzed in the SPSS program in version 22. Adults older than 75 to 84 years prevailed with 47.8%, basic instruction with 47.8%, visual deficit with 56.5%, fragility with 60.8%, there was severe dependence for the ABVD with 43.5% and for the AIVD with 34.8%, 69.9% suggest cognitive deficit and 60.6% have malnutrition, 69.6% of the population studied could not be evaluated with the Yesavage test due to the cognitive impairment they presented, the 79.1% presented risk of developing pressure ulcers, 86.9% presented psychosocial risk and 56.5% risk of abuse. The auditory deficit was the least prevalent.