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Prevalence of Common Problems Among Elderly Residing at Selected Urban and Rural Community of Kottayam District, Kerala, India

J. V. Sindhu, S. K. Saini

Abstract


Constipation, insomnia, immobility and urinary incontinence are common problems among elderly. With a view to assess these problems descriptive study was done among 200 elderly between the age group of 65 and 80 years old. The study was done in selected urban and rural community of Kottayam district using Pittsburgh sleep quality index scale, Victoria bowel performance scale, Tinetti Assessment Tool and revised urinary incontinence scale using interview technique. The result revealed that all these problems are of high prevalence. The highest prevalence was observed for constipation (54.5%). This was followed by insomnia (52.5%), urinary incontinence (42.1%) and immobility (37.1%). All these problems are preventable and manageable with simple nursing measures. Nurses working in the community should be able to identify these problems and manage so that their quality of life is improved.


Keywords: common problems, elderly

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijncc.v2i1.129

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