Caracterización de los accidentes en los adultos mayores del consultorio cuatro del Centro de Salud Guasmo Norte. Año 2018.

Abstract

Background: Older and older people are considered part of a vulnerable population because of their social and health problems. Materials and Methods: The universe of the study consisted of 99 seniors from the clinic four years of Family and Community Medicine from the Guasmo Norte health center that met the inclusion criteria. The information is recognized through a survey applied to older adults and relatives of the same, confidence in the author of the research to identify the sociodemographic and risk factors present in this age group, validated by experts, specialists in family medicine and biostatistics. Results: There is a predominance of female sex (63.63%) over male sex (36.36%), majority age group 65 to 69 years old (35.35%), primary school completed (65.65%) Married marital status (50.50%), noncommunicable chronic diseases such as hypertension (81.81%) and diabetes mellitus type 2 (27.27%). Conclusions: the identification of risk factors has a positive influence to prevent accidents in the home of the elderly and modify lifestyles that improve the quality of life of this vulnerable group.