Recognition of the Health Related Factors of Aged Population of Minoodar in order to design Research Interventions (1387)
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Abstract:
Objective
The assessment of the elderly’s health condition can help to designinterventional studies to promote their satisfaction and quality of delivered medicalservices. We intended to evaluate health priorities of the aged population ofMinoodasht district.
Materials And Methods
The data were collected from 119 people aged 60 or over through door-to-door structured interviews containing 25 stems with in the locationduring March 2009. The data were analyzed using statistical methods.
Results
A total of 119 people 57% men and 43% women with average age of 65.7 years old, were interviewed.The most prevalent disease within the target population were musculoskeletal(22.6%), cardiovascular (15.5%), digestive and endocrine (15.5%), infectious(14.3%), respiratory (11%) and CNS (5.9%) disorders.The average rate of hospitalization of the people was 40% per year.The causes of hospitalization were cardiovascular diseases (25%), surgeries(20.5%), infectious diseases (13.6%), eye diseases (9.1%), gynecology (4.5%), andcasualties (4.5%) of the total. The average expenditure per prescription was 60330Rials (Iranian currency).
Conclusion
The study revealed that preventive interventions within the pilotproposals should be implemented to improve the health status of the people of thearea. A health consultancy unit is also being initiated for this purpose.
Language:
Persian
Published:
Iranian Journal of Ageing, Volume:5 Issue: 15, 2010
Page:
53
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