Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad de Cuenca

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    Situación de salud del adulto mayor en el sector Tomebamba de la parroquia Monay febrero-marzo 2015
    (Universidad de Cuenca. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, 2016-05) Alemán Iñiguez, Juan Miguel; Alemán Iñiguez, Pedro José
    Background: The elderly population is in progressive growth, however there is no information about the individual, family, community situation and health care for older people in Monay. Objective: The purpose of this study was to conduct a diagnosis of the elderly´s situation in an urban area in Cuenca. Methods: It is a cross-sectional study in a selective sample represented by female elderly, who were attending to the Tomebamba geriatric center ( Monay, Cuenca), with the prior informed consent of each of the participants and their families consent, and the approval of the leader of this organized group. The variables were: age, sex, marital status, comorbidities, monitoring of nutritional status, mental state and functionality through geriatric scales and home records. Results: About 24 older adults and their families were studied. The most frequent age range was 60-69 years (54.17%), the 66.67% married; the presence of overweight and malnutrition was found in 75% of the population; moderate depression was evident in 45.83%; in terms of dependence, 58.33% needed help in their activities, the 75% had moderate sensory disturbances and 50% exhibited moderate risk tofalls; in terms of biological hazards in the family, a 68.87% members with impact diseases were found; on health risks, everybody had animals at home; on socio-economic risks, about 30.91% in poor housing conditions was observed, the 66.67% had low risk family, and 45.83% moderate family dysfunction. In terms of community diagnosis, the problem attributable to higher general dissatisfaction was overweight-obesity, the major cause mentioned was the ignorance of healthy lifestyles; as to the factors of weak local health care was evident: time to care for elderly, lack of professionals in nutrition and physical activity, and the absence of information aimed to the prevention of overweight and obesity. Conclusion: The main individual problems were the presence of overweight-obesity and moderate dependence to perform daily activities; regarding to the family situation deficiencies in socio-economic conditions and family dysfunction were noted; the health service still has weaknesses in providing services to the elderly population, whose problem was attributable to the lack of promotion of healthy lifestyles in nutrition and physical activity specifically