Estado de salud de los adultos mayores institucionalizados de la ciudad de Cuenca

Nube Johanna Pacurucu-Ávila; Edison Gustavo Moyano-Brito; Katynna Cecilia Parra-Quevedo; María Fernanda Peralta-Cárdenas; Josué Francisco Aguilar-Valenzuela

doi:10.26871/killcanasalud.v4i4.753

Authors

Nube Johanna Pacurucu-Ávila Universidad Católica de Cuenca
Edison Gustavo Moyano-Brito Universidad Católica de Cuenca
Katynna Cecilia Parra-Quevedo University of Zulia
María Fernanda Peralta-Cárdenas Universidad Católica de Cuenca
Josué Francisco Aguilar-Valenzuela Universidad Católica de Cuenca

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26871/killcanasalud.v4i4.753

Abstract

Objective: To determine the health status of institutionalized older adults in the Miguel de León nursing home in the City of Cuenca. Materials and Methods: quantitative study of descriptive scope with retrospective temporality, the sample consisted of 44 institutionalized older adults, the information was obtained by reviewing medical records, where sociodemographic data, blood values such as: hemogram, (neutrophils, white blood cells, red blood cells, lymphocytes, monocytes, lipid profile (cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, glycemia) as well as nutritional status. The study variables were collected through a data collection sheet constructed by the authors and validated in the opinion of experts. Results: in the socio-demographic data it was determined that, of the total population, 47.7% belong to the age range between 75 and 90 years; in a predominance of the female sex with 54.54 %, regarding socioeconomic level, 34.09% are of low economic resources, and regarding marital status, 56.81% are widowers, regarding status It was found that 9.10%, older adults are at risk of malnutrition, 22.72% presented malnutrition and 68.18% were in normal nutritional state, the lipid profile is observed that 38, 6% are high in what is cholesterol. Conclusions: the health status of the elderly is affected mainly by diseases such as diabetes and high cholesterol, of the elderly they are within the normal range with 61.4%, and 38.6% are high.

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Author Biographies

Nube Johanna Pacurucu-Ávila, Universidad Católica de Cuenca

Universidad del Zulia, Venezuela

Edison Gustavo Moyano-Brito, Universidad Católica de Cuenca

Universidad del Zulia, Venezuela

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