Is home bound a major burden towards health access among the elderly population? A community based cross sectional study in the selected northern districts in Tamilnadu

Background: Urbanisation, nuclearisation of family, migration, and dual career families are making care of the elderly more and more of a personal and social problem in India. Objective: Assess the concerns about health issues among elderly people. Methodology: Community based cross-sectional study. Results: 64.4% of the elders were treated well and about 22.9% were treated very well during illness. 86.3% were consulted during illness. Son was the care taker in 55.6% of study subjects. 70.6% of elderly were consulted to allopathic practitioners / Govt Hospitals. Conclusion: It is the responsibility of family to look after elderly in respectful manner, especially during illness. The government should frame policies and provide social and economical security to elders.

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Prevalence of depression in the elderly population of rural Puducherry: a community based cross sectional study

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20174851 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (11) ◽

pp. 4315 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kanimozhi S. ◽

Mohan A. Darbastwar

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Elderly Population ◽

The Elderly ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Rural Setting ◽

Health Concern ◽

Geriatric Depression ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Community Based ◽

Cross Sectional

Background: Geriatric mental health is an important emerging public health concern. Although India is the second most populated country in the world in terms of elderly population it is yet to perceive geriatric depression as a public health problem. In spite of considerable disability and morbidity there is a dearth of community studies investigating geriatric depression and its associated risk factors from India. Considering this back ground, a community based cross sectional study was conducted in a rural setting of Puducherry to find out the disease burden of geriatric depression and to study the correlates of depression among the elderly in the community.Methods: A community based cross sectional study was done in a rural field practicing area of Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Science, Puducherry. The study was conducted in 640 elderly and geriatric depression was assessed with The Geriatric depression Scale – Short form.Results: Of the total elderly, only 42.34% were found to be normal while the remaining 57.66% of the elderly were suffering from some forms of depression. The major associated factors contributing to geriatric depression were found to be female sex, widowhood, illiteracy, living alone, presence of chronic diseases, lesser physical activity and inadequate sleep.Conclusions: A major proportion of the elderly in the study population were found to be suffering from depression. This high prevalence indicates an urgent need, both for great awareness of depression among the community members and to ensure availability and accessibility of appropriate health services to manage it.

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Prevalence of disabilities and non-communicable diseases in an elderly population in the Telangana state, India: a population-based cross-sectional study

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041755 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. e041755

Author(s):

Srinivas Marmamula ◽

Satya Brahmanandam Modepalli ◽

Thirupathi Reddy Kumbham ◽

Rajesh Challa ◽

Jill E Keeffe

Keyword(s):

Elderly Population ◽

Self Care ◽

The Elderly ◽

Population Based ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Communicable Diseases ◽

Self Report ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Non Communicable Diseases

ObjectivesTo assess the prevalence of disabilities (vision, hearing, mobility, cognitive, self-care and communication) and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among the elderly population in two districts in Telangana, India.DesignPopulation-based cross-sectional study using a cluster random sampling method to select the study clusters.SettingElderly population in Khammam and Warangal districts were recruited. Detailed interviews were conducted by trained community health workers. Personal and demographic information such as age, gender, level of education and a self-report of NCDs was collected. The Washington Disability Questionnaire was administered to assess the presence of disabilities.Participants1821 participants aged ≥60 years, 54.5% were women, and 73.3% had no education.Primary outcome measurePrevalence of disabilities and NCDs.ResultsOverall, the prevalence of at least disability was 20.3% (95% CI 16.3 to 24.9). The prevalence of self- reported disabilities were: seeing (5.9%; 95% CI 4.4 to 7.8), mobility (12.8%; 95% CI 9.7 to 16.8), hearing (3.6%; 95% CI 2.7 to 4.8), cognition (4.8%; 95% CI 3.5 to 6.7), self-care (3.3%; 95% CI 2.3 to 4.7) and communication (1.8%; 95% CI 1.2 to 2.6). Overall, the prevalence of at least one NCD was 34.2% (95% CI 30.9 to 37.7). Hypertension was the most common systemic condition (25.4%; 95% CI 22.4 to 28.7), followed by diabetes (9.0%; 95% CI 7.3 to 11.0), and body pains (muscle-skeletal) (9.9%; 95% CI 8.1 to 12.2).ConclusionEvery fifth elderly person in the districts of Khammam and Warangal in Telangana had at least one self-reported disability. Besides, a third of the elderly had at least one NCD. There is a definite need to develop comprehensive public health strategies to address disabilities and NCDs in Telangana.

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Status and determinants of health behavior knowledge among the elderly in China: a community-based cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/1471-2458-13-710 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Zhiqin Yin ◽

Guiling Geng ◽

Xuefen Lan ◽

Liming Zhang ◽

Surong Wang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Behavior ◽

The Elderly ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Determinants Of Health ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Community Based ◽

Cross Sectional

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Incidence of writing double NSAIDs in a single prescription for osteoarthritis.

The Professional Medical Journal ◽

10.29309/tpmj/2021.28.05.4872 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 28 (05) ◽

pp. 702-706

Author(s):

Niaz Hussain Keerio ◽

Nasrullah Aamir ◽

Nuresh Kumar ◽

Masood Ahmad Qureshi ◽

Hassan Amir us Saqlain ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Elderly Population ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Degenerative Joint Disease ◽

Joint Disease ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Community Based ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Medical College ◽

Bleeding Ulcers ◽

Study Setting

Objective: To determine how frequent NSAIDs are used for osteoarthritic patients because OA is common old age patients and NSAIDs can cause divesting complications on their health. In our study we tried to identify the main reasons and suggest a best possible solution. Study Design: Community Based Cross-sectional study. Setting: Mohammad Medical College and Hospital Mirpurkhas Pakistan. Period: June 2018 to August 2018. Material & Methods: In this study, we included more than 300 prescriptions written for Osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease. Prescriptions collected from hospital pharmacy (80%) and from other pharmacies (20%). Data was collected on preformed proforma and was analyzed in SPSS version 25. Results: Osteoarthritis mainly affects elderly population. NSAIDs are used for pain relief but can cause acute renal failure and GIT bleeding ulcers. In our study 69% patients were prescribed double NSAIDs. Traditional NSAIDs were used 95% of the time and only 5% percent of the time selective cox 2 were used. Along with these NSAIDS only 20% patient were given prophylactically gastroprotective agents like PPI and other medications. Conclusion: Prescription osteoarthritis include multiple NSAID without any protocol and over dosage was observed commonly.

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