Prevalence & pattern of respiratory diseases including Tuberculosis in elderly in Ghaziabad – Delhi – NCR
| Autor: | V.K. Arora, Atul Gupta, O. P. Sharma, Sonisha Gupta, L. Satyanarayana |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Aging Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis Respiratory Tract Diseases Population India Physical examination 03 medical and health sciences Sex Factors 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Poverty Areas Prevalence medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Respiratory system education Socioeconomic status Aged Asthma COPD education.field_of_study medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Respiratory disease medicine.disease Infectious Diseases 030228 respiratory system Chronic Disease Female business |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Tuberculosis. 63:236-241 |
| ISSN: | 0019-5707 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijtb.2016.09.012 |
| Popis: | Elderly population is continuously increasing all over the world including India. Old age is associated with significant prevalence of chronic illnesses. Population based study to find prevalence & pattern of respiratory diseases in elderly in India is difficult to find. Present study was done in an urban locality of Ghaziabad inhabited mainly by low socio - economic status population. Two part questionnaire was used as main tool. Through part one 1522 elderly were screened for respiratory disease. Respiratory disease was confirmed & diagnosed by part two of questionnaire, physical examination & necessary investigations. Prevalence of respiratory diseases was 18.8% in this study. Prevalence of respiratory diseases was almost double in elderly males as compared to females. COPD was most prevalent respiratory disease followed by Bronchial asthma. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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