A study of socio-demographic profile of geriatric population in rural field practice area of Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences.
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2012-07
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Introduction: In India 7.7% of the total population is constituted by 60+ year age group. With the advancement of medical
sciences and improvement of social conditions there has been great change in recent times. The purpose of this study is to delineate the socio demographic profile of geriatric population of rural area.
Methodology: A cross sectional study was done on 2000 elderly in the rural field practice area of Adichunchangiri Institute of
Medical Sciences,BGNagar, Mandya district using a structured and pretested Performa.
Results: The study revealed that 68.5% of the elderly were in the age group of 60-69 years and 96% were Hindus. Majority of the
subjects belonged to class IV andV of Modified B G Prasad socio economic classification. 90 .6% of the men were dependent on agriculture.
Conclusion: The study provides data to plan services and programmes for betterment of aged, hope this study yields valuable
information required for the design of the services to be provided for this special group.
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old age, rural area, socio- demographic profile
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Ramadurg Umesh Y, Lankeshwar Suresh. A study of socio-demographic profile of geriatric population in rural field practice area of Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences. Medica Innovatica. 2012 July; 1(1): article5