Actividades básicas de la vida diaria de los adultos mayores de la comunidad San Eduardo año 2023.

Abstract

Older adults are a population at risk that requires special and individualized attention to solve the main specific needs that underlie according to demographic, socioeconomic, cultural and biological indicators; since, upon reaching a certain age, people become more dependent, even in the basic activities of daily life such as dressing or using the bathroom. The objective of this study was to determine the basic activity of daily life of the elderly in the community of San Eduardo in 2023. The methodology was descriptive, quantitative, non-experimental, prospective and cross-sectional, the universe was 100 older adults, it was used the Barthel Index to measure dependence on ADL. In the main results, a greater participation of adults between 60 - 75 years was found with 53%, women with 54%, 39% with primary studies, 31% married, 48% who carried out household activities, 62% income less than salary basic, 28% with arterial hypertension, 25% with physical disability; the degree of dependence that prevailed was severe with 28%, followed by moderate with 23%; the activities of eating with 28%, and using the toilet with 52% were the ones with the greatest independence; while personal hygiene with 36% and bathing/showering with 35% were the most dependent.