نتایج جستجو برای: elderly population

تعداد نتایج: 785757  

Journal: :JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 2009
Abdullah Ladha Romaisa Shamim Khan Awais Amjad Malik Sana Farooq Khan Beenish Khan Irum Nawaz Khan Samiullah Waleed Tallat Kayani Sarah Saleem

OBJECTIVES To presents socio-demographic characteristics and health seeking behaviour of elderly and to determine frequency of Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension in elderly population of a poor peri-urban community in Karachi, Pakistan. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted, targeting population aged 65 or above. A total of 438 respondents were interviewed after taking informed consen...

Journal: :Revista medica de Chile 2004
Pedro Paulo Marín José Miguel Guzmán Alejandra Araya

BACKGROUND Elderly people (>60 years) in Chile represented 11.4% (n=1,717,478) of the total population in 2002. The group with disabilities or mental problems is increasing and there is no reliable information about the number of institutionalized elderly subjects. AIM To estimate the number of elderly people living in residences for long term care and their main characteristics. PATIENTS A...

2011
Matti Aapro

A taskforce of the International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) has recently submitted recommendations on the use of anthracyclines in elderly patients. Despite the aging of the population and the high proportion of elderly individuals in the population of patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, the development of specialist expertise in the treatment of elderly patients with cancer is rela...

ایروانی, مینا, جوادی, مرضیه, چاوشی, الهام, کریمی, سعید,

 Background and Aim: Global growth in the elderly population for both health care providers and families and also the community is an important challenge . Elders are the largest and fast factor for increasing hospital admissions in Society . Increasing costs of aging is the most concern to elders and their families. This study aimed to investigate the health team s approach about cost–effectiv...

In recent years, increasing life expectancy and decreasing fertility rates in the wake of medical advances has led to the emergence of an aging phenomenon in the country, which is rising steeply. Now, the question is: what is the current state, how old are provinces in the country, and what proportion of the elderly are covered by social insurance and public support institutions? In this articl...

2012
Fereshteh Farzianpour Mohammad Arab Seyyed Mustafa Hosseini Bakhtiar Pirozi Shadi Hosseini

which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. World Health Organization reported there are more than 600 million elderly individuals in the world (1); a figure which will double by 2025 and will reach 2 billion people by 2050 (2,3).The immense changes in cultural, socioeconomic and demographic aspects of Iranian socie...

Bolaji Egbewale, Wasiu Adebimpe,

Introduction: The population of the elderly and older persons worldwide has increased over time as demographic transition thickens. In Nigeria, whereas, most interventional efforts are geared towards prioritizing and protecting youth sexuality, very little or no attention is being given to the sexuality of the elderly. The objective of this study therefore was to determine sexual behaviors amon...

Today, the number of elderly people is increasing due to various factors such as changing life expectancy and population distribution. On the other hand, this period of life requires special needs such as care and health to other external and environmental factors. The social phenomenon of the city is not separate from this population group, ie the elderly, and urban planners using environmenta...

Journal: :Revista brasileira de enfermagem 2010
Meire Chucre Tannure Marília Alves Roseni Rosângela de Sena Tânia Couto Machado Chianca

This is a descriptive study using the data side of the municipal secretariat for coordination of social policy in Belo Horizonte, whose purpose was to describe the epidemiological profile of elderly population of this city. The elderly in Belo Horizonte in 2000 represent 9.1% of total population residing therein. Population of elderly, 60.5% are women and 39.4% are men, 2.9% of the elderly had ...

2010
Bradley M. Wright Jessica M. Bellone Emily K. McCoy

The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) in the elderly population currently represents almost one-half of the overall diabetic population. Treatment of DM often requires a multidrug regimen that includes insulin therapy; however, due to concomitant comorbidities such as dementia, vision loss, neuropathies, poor mobility, and poor manual dexterity, elderly patients may be at increase risk for h...

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