%0 Journal Article
%T Comportamiento del riesgo de ca赤das en el hogar en adultos mayores Behavior of falls risk at home of the elderly persons
%A Arlene Salas Mainegra
%A Mar赤a Sol車rzano G車mez
%A Esther Reyes Carrillo
%A Maribel Gonz芍lez Limonta
%J Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral
%D 2011
%I ECIMED
%X Introducci車n: se realiz車 un estudio descriptivo, en la poblaci車n de adultos mayores atendidos por el Consultorio del M谷dico de Familia # 4, perteneciente al policl赤nico "Ram車n Gonz芍lez Coro", del municipio Marianao, durante 2008. Objetivo: se realiz車 el an芍lisis del comportamiento del riesgo de ca赤das de los adultos mayores en el hogar. M谷todos: estudio de investigaci車n descriptiva, en cuyo desarrollo se utiliz車 un modelo cualicuantitativo, y en su ejecuci車n se emplearon m谷todos te車ricos, emp赤ricos y procedimientos estad赤sticos. Resultados: hubo un predomino del sexo femenino, el mayor por ciento de los adultos mayores present車 alg迆n grado de dependencia, y tuvieron un mediano riesgo de sufrir una ca赤da en su hogar. Introduction: a descriptive study was conducted in the elderly person population seen in the # 4 Family Physician Consulting Room of the "Ram車n Gonz芍lez Coro" polyclinic from the Marianao municipality during 2008. Objective: an analysis of the falls risk behavior of elderly persons at home was made. Methods: a descriptive research study was conducted using the qualitative and quantitative model and in its implementation theoretical, empirical methods as well as statistic procedures were used. Results: there was predominance of female sex, the higher percentage of elderly persons had some degree of dependence and also had a middle risk of suffering a fall at home.
%K Adulto mayor
%K riesgo
%K ca赤das
%K 赤ndice de Katz
%K evaluaci車n del riesgo
%K Elderly person
%K risk
%K falls
%K Katz index
%K risk assessment
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