Editorial · pages 61–64
Functional Impairments: A Study in Elderly Individuals
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Ankur Barua, Jayant Hazarika, M. A. Basilio, Shashi J. Soans, Colin M, Asha Kamath. Functional Impairments: A Study in Elderly Individuals. J Int Med Sci Acad. 2011;24(2):61–64.
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India stands second to China in its elderly population. Functional impairments are common in elderly due to various physical & psychosocial factors. The Objectives were (1) To study the different functional impairments in elderly patients; (2) To study the sociodemographic correlates associated with functional impairments in these elderly patients. A Cross-sectional study was conducted among 492 individuals in the age group of 65 years and above. Data was tabulated and analyzed by using statistical software package of SPSS 7.0 version. It was observed that 36.2% of the study individuals had at least one or more functional impairments.
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Elderly, Functional, Impairment, Correlates Correspondence: Dr. Ankur Barua, Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Melaka-Manipal Medical College (MMMC), Jalan Batu Hampar
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