Assessment of Activities of Daily Living (ADL) in elderly population

Autor:	Surekha Kishore, Kanchan Gawande, Mahendra Singh, Preeti Usha, Pradeep Aggarwal, Bhavna Jain
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Gerontology Activities of daily living business.industry Elderly population Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Medicine business
Zdroj:	Indian Journal of Community Health. 32:447-449
ISSN:	2248-9509 0971-7587
DOI:	10.47203/ijch.2020.v32i02.026
Popis:	Introduction: Most of the developing country facing growing number of elderly population because of decrease in fertility and increase in longevity. Elderly age (≥ 60 years) is a period in which people are prone to chronic diseases and their functional independency is probably restricted by physical and mental disabilities. Aim & Objectives: To find out the prevalence of physical dependency among elderly in Uttarakhand, India. Material & Methods: Activities of daily living (ADL) comprise the basic actions that involve caring for self and body, including personal care, eating and mobility. Results: In the present study population of 400, 112 (28%) study population were found to be physically dependent for their daily activities and out of them 63.39 % had moderate to severe dependency. Conclusion: High level of physical dependency in this study population need urgent attention towards good quality home care and geriatric health care services in India at primary, secondary and tertiary level.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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