| Abstrakt: |
Background: Ageing is a common and permanent process, which is affected by biological, psychological, social, and environmental factors. With the surge of globalization and industrialization, there was a migration of youth to the urban areas, which led to the disintegration of age old joint family system, thereby forcing the elderly to continue to work for their daily living. The elderly person’s functional dependence is an important public health issue. Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of Functional dependence in elderly people. To identify the factors associated with functional dependence in elderly people. Methodology: A Cross sectional study included All elderly population aged 60 years and above for the duration 6 months. 300 study sample estimated and data was collected by using pre test questionnaire and activities of daily living (ADL), instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) scale was used. Statistical analysis included simple descriptive analysis and tests of significance like Chi-square test. Results: The prevalence of functional dependence for basic activities of daily living among study population was 32.7% (95% CI 27.61-37.97) and for instrumental activities of dailyliving was 39.7% (95% CI 34.3-45.3). Conclusion: Among various risk factors studies, 7 factors for functional dependence for ADL. Advanced age, female gender, chronic illness, elderly who are not living with their spouse (widow/unmarried/separated), tobacco user, smoker and current alcoholics had significant associations for ADL functional dependency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
