Morbidity Profile of Rural Geriatric Population in North India: A Community Based Cross-sectional Study.

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dc.contributor.authorSingh, Parveen
dc.contributor.authorGupta, Rajiv kumar
dc.contributor.authorJan, Rayaz
dc.contributor.authorShora, Tajali Nazir
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-06T07:51:47Z
dc.date.available2016-12-06T07:51:47Z
dc.date.issued2016-04
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en_US
dc.identifier.citationParveen 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.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/179409
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dc.source.urihttps://www.jkscience.org/archives/volume182/10-Original%20Article.pdfen_US
dc.subjectMorbidity Profileen_US
dc.subjectGeriatric Populationen_US
dc.subjectRural Areaen_US
dc.titleMorbidity Profile of Rural Geriatric Population in North India: A Community Based Cross-sectional Study.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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