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Health status of the over 60 years of age population and its relationship with sociodemographic factors (ANCO Project)
Authors:LA Pérula de Torres  J Martínez de la Iglesia  J Espejo Espejo  MV Rubio Cuadrado  I Enciso Berge  FJ Fonseca del Pozo  JM Aranda Lara
Affiliation:Unidad Docente de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Centro de Salud Occidente y Distrito Sanitario, Córdoba. lperulad@meditex.es
Abstract:OBJECTIVE: To describe the health status of a population over 60 years and to study their relationship with several socio-demographic variables. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study, population based. SETTINGS: A community. PARTICIPANTS: A randomized sample of 1,103 non institutionalized people over 60 years living in the city of Cordoba (Spain). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: By mean of a personal interview at home we used the OARS-MFAQ-VE questionnaire. Low self-rated health was associated with the age, to be female sex, a low cultural background, and a low income. Only 5.2% of the study people do not suffered any illness and 56% state that their health problems are major problems for doing their current activities. 4.9% declared to have some degree of physical incapacity. 3.7% of elderly population has an important cognitive deficit. CONCLUSIONS: The majority of elderly people has good health. Age is related with a poor health. Women have more health problems than men.
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