Pathak Giridhar, Kalita Debadeep, Deka Bipul
Department of Community Medicine, Diphu Medical College and Hospital, Diphu, Assam, India.
Department of Community Medicine, FAAMCH, Barpeta, Assam, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2022 Feb;11(2):553-558. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1294_21. Epub 2022 Feb 16.
Degenerative diseases most commonly affect the elderly. The management of these chronic diseases is also very expensive, thereby making it out-of-pocket expenditure for elderly persons. As the elderly population is likely to increase in the future, the concept of active and healthy aging needs to be promoted among the elderly.
To estimate the morbidity pattern of the elderly in an urban population of Barpeta, and to evaluate the different morbidity patterns of the young old and old old.
The study was conducted in eight urban wards of Barpeta town using multistage sampling. From the urban wards, 150 elderly persons were selected according to proportionate to the size of the urban wards. Pretested and predesigned proforma was used to assess the morbidity pattern of the elderly.
Most of the system disorders were almost equally distributed among elderly males and females. Most common disorders were diseases of the eye and adnexa (46%) followed endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic (37.3%) diseases, and disease of the circulatory system (34.7%). Diseases of the respiratory system (10.1%) and genitourinary system (10.1%) were more common in males, whereas cataract (29.6%) and hearing impairment (9.9%) were more common in females.
The prevalence of morbidity increases with increasing age. Early detection of morbidities among elderly and timely referral to secondary or tertiary care facilities by enhancing the capacity of primary health care providers are required to promote active and healthy aging.
退行性疾病最常影响老年人。这些慢性病的管理成本也非常高昂，这使得老年人需要自掏腰包。由于未来老年人口可能会增加，因此需要在老年人中推广积极健康老龄化的理念。
估计巴尔佩塔城市人口中老年人的发病模式，并评估年轻老年人和高龄老年人不同的发病模式。
本研究采用多阶段抽样方法在巴尔佩塔镇的8个城市病房进行。从城市病房中，根据城市病房规模按比例选取了150名老年人。使用经过预测试和预先设计的表格来评估老年人的发病模式。
大多数系统疾病在老年男性和女性中分布几乎相同。最常见的疾病是眼及附属器疾病（46%），其次是内分泌、营养和代谢疾病（37.3%）以及循环系统疾病（34.7%）。呼吸系统疾病（10.1%）和泌尿生殖系统疾病（10.1%）在男性中更为常见，而白内障（29.6%）和听力障碍（9.9%）在女性中更为常见。
发病率随年龄增长而增加。为了促进积极健康老龄化，需要通过提高初级卫生保健提供者的能力，早期发现老年人的疾病并及时转诊至二级或三级医疗机构。
