El abandono familiar y su relación con la fragilidad en el adulto mayor en el consultorio 3. Centro de Salud Montalvo. Año 2018.

Abstract

Background: Older adults are a priority group in terms of health, are vulnerable to society and the law, are sometimes victims of abandonment by their families; and, subjected to processes of exclusion and stigma by society; All these situations affect the quality of life and lead to frailty in the elderly, in addition to causing major health effects. Objective: To associate the abandonment of the family and the frailty of the elderly in the clinic 3 of the Montalvo health center in 2018.Materials and methods: A relational, observational, prospective, cross-sectional study was carried out in the clinic # 3 of the Center of health Montalvo in which there was a study population of 84 senior citizens. The analysis was done with the SPSS program, version 22. Results: The group of adults over 70-74 years old was predominant with 22.6%, the female sex with 22.9%, the mestizo ethnic group with 65.5%, the primary school level with 63.1%, widowed civil status with 44%, occupation none with 77.4%, per-capita of poverty with 57.1%, depending on the dependence, moderate and severe disability with 58.3 %, without family support 63.1%, without family abandonment with 58.3% and with abandonment with 41.7%, with fragility with 72.6%, and the relationship between abandonment and fragility with 57, 3%. Conclusions: It is concluded that in the study population of older adults there is a predominance of the family without abandonment and frailty in the elderly. There is a statistically significant relationship between family abandonment and frailty.