Problems of health and use of medicines in rural elderly in the province of Córdoba
Keywords:
seniors, rural population, health problems, drug useAbstract
Discrimination in the elderly is a fact reaching socio-cultural and life and health. In our environment,there are no comprehensive health policies that tend to cover the basic needs of prevention andrestoration of health from them. The actions to be carried out only to reach some areas, usually urbanones. The objectives of this study were to describe the prevalent health problems, medication use andpossible relations between the two in a rural elderly population. In this way it was performed avolunteer household survey with closed questions.The results were: a rural population, of 72 years in average, with prevalence of cardiovascularproblems. The most prescribed drug was enalapril. The 29.73% of patients did not receive health carein the last 6 months. Polypharmacy doesn’t appear in this population. There is 15% of the populationwith untreated health problems.Downloads
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