Functional Disability Among Elderly Persons in a Rural Area of Haryana.

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dc.contributor.authorGupta, Priti
dc.contributor.authorMani, Kalaivani
dc.contributor.authorRai, Sanjay Kumar
dc.contributor.authorNongkynrih, Baridalyne
dc.contributor.authorGupta, Sanjeev Kumar
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-01T04:55:19Z
dc.date.available2015-07-01T04:55:19Z
dc.date.issued2014-01
dc.description.abstractBackground: The number and proportion of elderly persons is increasing, in India, as well as the world. Disability is an important indicator to measure disease burden in this group. While some chronic conditions may not be amenable to complete cure, their functional disabilities can be improved with timely and appropriate management. Objectives: The objective of the following study is to estimate the prevalence of functional disability and study its association with socio-demographic variables and self-reported chronic conditions among elderly persons in a rural area of Haryana. Materials and Methods: All persons aged 60 years and above in the randomly selected six clusters were included in this community-based cross-sectional study. Information was collected on socio-demographic variables and selfreported chronic conditions. Functional disability was defi ned as having disability in activities of daily living, or blindness or hearing impairment, or a combination of these. In multivariate analysis, backward stepwise logistic regression was carried out to study the association between the independent and dependent variables, after adjusting for confounding variables. Results: Among the 836 participants studied, the prevalence of functional disability was estimated to be 37.4% (95% confi dence interval: 34.2, 40.7). The prevalence was less among men (35.9%) than women (38.8%). The prevalence increased with age, was more common among persons who were not currently married, had diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Conclusion: Functional disability is common among elderly persons in the rural area. Community-based interventions are needed tto address them. Management of chronic conditions should include prevention and control of associated disability.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGupta Priti, Mani Kalaivani, Rai Sanjay Kumar, Nongkynrih Baridalyne, Gupta Sanjeev Kumar. Functional Disability Among Elderly Persons in a Rural Area of Haryana. Indian Journal of Public Health. 2014 Jan-Mar; 58(1): 11-16.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/158724
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.ijph.in/article.asp?issn=0019-557X;year=2014;volume=58;issue=1;spage=11;epage=16;aulast=Guptaen_US
dc.subjectActivities of daily livingen_US
dc.subjectDisabilityen_US
dc.subjectElderlyen_US
dc.subjectFunctional disabilityen_US
dc.subjectOlder personsen_US
dc.subjectRuralen_US
dc.titleFunctional Disability Among Elderly Persons in a Rural Area of Haryana.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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