Clinical, functional, mental and social profile of the Nicoya Peninsula centenarians, Costa Rica, 2017
Autor: | Fabian Madrigal-Leer, Alvaro Martìnez-Montandòn, Vanessa Jimènez-Porras, Marielos Solìs-Umaña, Isabel C Barrientos-Calvo, Kattia Alfaro-Salas, Susana Estrada-Montero, Zianne Camacho-Mora, Fernando Morales-Martínez, Faridy Helo-Guzmàn |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Costa Rica
Male Aging medicine.medical_specialty Activities of daily living Latin Americans Health Status Population Disease 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Activities of Daily Living medicine Prevalence Humans 030212 general & internal medicine education Social Behavior Geriatric Assessment Depression (differential diagnoses) Polypharmacy Geriatrics Aged 80 and over education.field_of_study business.industry Depression medicine.disease Nursing Homes Malnutrition Cross-Sectional Studies Female Independent Living Geriatrics and Gerontology business Cognition Disorders 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Demography |
Zdroj: | Aging clinical and experimental research. 32(2) |
ISSN: | 1720-8319 |
Popis: | In Latin America, knowledge about the demography and health status of adults aged 100 years and over is scarce. Insufficient studies of the elderly population in Costa Rica exist despite having a “Blue Zone” (geographical area with a high concentration of centenarians) in the Peninsula of Nicoya, with a high percentage of centenarians in the districts of Santa Cruz, Nicoya, Hojancha, Nandayure and Carrillo. To describe the clinical, functional, mental and social profile of centenarians residing in the Blue Zone of the Peninsula of Nicoya, Costa Rica. This is a cross-sectional study using a population base of 43 community-dwelling centenarians. A comprehensive geriatric assessment was performed, including sociodemographic information, health status, electrocardiogram and laboratory tests. The mean age of centenarians was 101.93 years, of whom 18 (42%) were men and 25 (58%) women. Two (4.6%) resided in nursing homes. Women had worse results than men in the evaluation of dependence on basic and instrumental activities of daily living, and the short physical performance battery performance test. A high prevalence of low Vitamin D levels (87.3%), atrial fibrillation (9.3%) and visual impairment (46.5%) was found. This is the first study describing the medical, functional, mental and social profile of centenarians in the Peninsula of Nicoya (Blue Zone) in Costa Rica. This population has a high prevalence of malnutrition and hypertension with dependence on the basic activities of daily living, and a low prevalence for diabetes, depression, ischemic heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and polypharmacy. |
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