Incidence of non comunicable diseases in the elderly people from Callao region
The aim objective of this research is to examine the incidence of non-communicable or non-contagious diseases and to identify the main illnesses ailments that affect the health and quality of life for the elderly population who live in the Callao region, in order to know the changes that have occurr...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | Perú |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos |
| Repositorio: | Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/16768 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/sociales/article/view/16768 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Non-communicable diseases transmissible diseases adult greater demographic transition epidemiological transition morbidity quality of life Enfermedades no transmisibles enfermedades transmisibles adultos mayores transición epidemiológica transición demográfica morbilidad calidad de vida |
| Sumario: | The aim objective of this research is to examine the incidence of non-communicable or non-contagious diseases and to identify the main illnesses ailments that affect the health and quality of life for the elderly population who live in the Callao region, in order to know the changes that have occurred in the pattern of causes of morbidity, passing from infectious or transmissible diseases to non-infectious or non-communicable others. Due to this, a validated and reliable data collection instrument was designed, which was applied to 202 subjects that are part of the representative sample of people older than 60 years or older, between men and women. The survey, which consists of 25 questions, is a structured, generic and direct questionnaire, and the results obtained will be disclosed. This research concludes that the demographic and epidemiological transitions have made changes in fertility, mortality and the pattern of illnesses, predominating non-communicable ones. |
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