Bibliographic citations
Maita, A., (2009). Riesgos de accidentes en el adulto mayor que realiza actividades de rutina, usuarios de los servicios del Centro de Salud Conde de la Vega Baja, Lima 2008 [Tesis, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/500
Maita, A., Riesgos de accidentes en el adulto mayor que realiza actividades de rutina, usuarios de los servicios del Centro de Salud Conde de la Vega Baja, Lima 2008 [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; 2009. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/500
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title = "Riesgos de accidentes en el adulto mayor que realiza actividades de rutina, usuarios de los servicios del Centro de Salud Conde de la Vega Baja, Lima 2008",
author = "Maita Rojas, Anally Fermina",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos",
year = "2009"
}
The impending population ageing and the definition of the accidents as the 6th leading cause of morbimortality have been the main motivation for this research entitled: “Accident risk factors for older adults with everyday activities who are patients at C.S. Conde de la Vega Baja. Lima - 2008”. The objective is to identify all the risk factors that could affect this older adults group. Regarding the type, level and method, this is a quantitative, applied and cross-sectional descriptive study. The author used an intentional non-probability sampling to calculate the sample size which was 63 older people. The data collection tool and technique consisted of surveys and interviews conducted at the same time, from November to December 2008. Firstly, the author used the Katz Index and the Lawton-Brody Scale, two internationally validated instruments, to assess functional status of the total number of older adults (63) to perform both basic activities (BADL) and Instrumental activities (IADL) of daily living. According to the Katz Index, 38 (63.31%) are independent in rank A and 25 (39.68%) are independent in rank B. On the other hand, the Lawton-Brody Scale indicated 40 (63.45%) older adults as 8-point independent and 23 (36.50%) as 7-point independent because most of them are male older adults which do not perform one of the eight areas of function: cooking. Based on the previous assessment, the research results showed the risk of having accidents is present in 54 (85.80%) out of 63 (100%) older adults. In addition, the 63 (100%) older adults run different types of risk especially at home: falls, burns and food poisoning risks were identified in 42 (66.50%), 25 (39.70%) and 23 (35.80%) cases respectively. This shows that some older adult people are susceptible to have more than one accident.
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