Morbidity Profile of Rural Geriatric Population in North India: A Community Based Cross-sectional Study.
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2016-04
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The current cross-sectional study was conducted over a period of on eyear. Eight villages were chosen
from Miran Sahib zone of R.S Pura block using simple random sampling. A pre-designed, pre-structured
and validated questionnaire was applied to all persons aged ?60 Years. A total of 418 subjects (191 males
and 227 females) comprised the study population.64.40% of the respondents belonged to 60-69 year age
group. Among the morbidity distribution in the study population, visual impairment (54.06%) was the most
common, followed by hypertension (35.89%), arthritis (34.21%), diabetes mellitus (12.92%) and chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (5.50%). COPD was higher in males and arthritis was higher in females
and the gender disease association was found to be statistically significant (p<0.05). The results have
shown high morbidity in the study population especially of visual impairment and cardio-vascular diseases.
Respiratory diseases especially COPD morbidity was higher in males, while arthritis morbidity was more
in females.
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Morbidity Profile, Geriatric Population, Rural Area
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Parveen Singh,Rajiv Kumar Gupta,Rayaz Jan,Tajali Nazir Shora. Morbidity Profile of Rural Geriatric Population in North India: A Community Based Cross-sectional Study. JK Science Journal of Medical Education and Research. 2016 Apr-Jun;18(2): 98-102.