Volume : VI, Issue : XI, November - 2017

Morbidity pattern among the elderly population habituated in urban area of Jhansi city (U.P)

Mahendra Chouksey, Vimal Arya

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 Introduction: Aging is an age–dependent or age–progressive decline in intrinsic physiological function, leading to an increase in age–specific mortality rate and a decrease in age–specific reproductive rate. Aim: To know the morbidity pattern among the urban geriatric patients attending the urban Health Center. Materials and Methods: The study was carried out in the urban field practice areas of a medical college in, India. The study population comprises of all geriatric population which was defined as 60 years and above in the study area, 250 study subjects were used for the study. Results: out of 250 study subjects, 153 (61.2%) of the respondents were apparently free from health problems at the time of the study and 97 (38.8%) participants reported various health problems. The most common health problems were Arthritis (35.6%), followed by cataract (34.4%). Conclusion: Recent study reveals the high morbidity load among elderly .Greater, targeted efforts are needed to identify at–risk elderly people living in the community and study also stresses for efforts to provide specialized healthcare to them, and thus ensure that they remain active members of our society.

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Mahendra Chouksey, Vimal Arya, Morbidity pattern among the elderly population habituated in urban area of Jhansi city (U.P), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-6 | Issue-11 | November-2017

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