Intrinsic Capacity of Rural Elderly in Thar Desert using World Health Organization Integrated Care for Older Persons Screening Tool: A Pilot Study
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2022-09
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Wolters Kluwer – Medknow
Abstract
Integrated Care for Older Persons (ICOPE) screening tool helps to address declines in physical and mental capacities in older people. In India, majority of the older population resides in rural areas and there is a paucity of studies that demonstrates the utility of the ICOPE screening tool in India. Thus, a cross-sectional study was conducted to demonstrate the feasibility of using the World Health Organization ICOPE screening tool in a rural population. Comprehensive geriatric assessment of intrinsic capacity revealed cognitive decline in 31.5% (n = 142) participants, diminished mobility 52.1% (n = 235) participants, eye problems in 49.4% (n = 223) participants, and hearing loss in 68.3% (n = 308) participants. Gender difference was statistically significant with mobility limitation (P = 0.005; ?2 = 7.95) and feeling of pain (P = 0.001; ?2 = 15.64), being more in females than males. This tool seems suitable in identifying the intrinsic capacity of the rural elderly.
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Delivery of health-care, geriatric assessment, integrated, rural population, social support, World Health Organization
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Mathur Arvind, Bhardwaj Pankaj, Joshi Nitin Kumar, Jain Yogesh Kumar, Singh Kuldeep. Intrinsic Capacity of Rural Elderly in Thar Desert using World Health Organization Integrated Care for Older Persons Screening Tool: A Pilot Study. Indian Journal of Public Health. 2022 Sept; 66(3): 337-340