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Most of the Elderly are Weighed Down by Geriatric Health Conditions
August 09, 2007 at 6:35 PM
General Health News
These seniors often find it difficult to bathe or dress themselves without help. They study conducted on 11,000 participants showed that 50 percent of older adults had a moderate to severe form of at least one of the following conditions: cognitive impairment, falls, incontinence, low body mass index, dizziness, vision impairment or hearing impairment. Yet these conditions often aren't recognized or treated because they don't fall into the category of a disease.
The researchers also studied whether the respondents had difficulty with activities of daily living (bathing, dressing, eating, toileting or transferring) and needed assistance to complete the tasks.
They found that people with geriatric conditions had about the same level of dependency when performing activities of daily living as older patients with chronic diseases, including heart disease, chronic lung disease, diabetes, cancer, musculoskeletal conditions, stroke and psychiatric problems.
The study – which appears in the Aug. 7 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine – fills a major gap in research about older patients.
Although conditions such as incontinence and falls have been studied extensively, the total impact of geriatric conditions on health and disability in the older adult population has not been investigated, notes lead author Christine Cigolle, M.D., MPH, lecturer in the U-M Health System Department of Family Medicine and a physician in the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System’s Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC).
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