Prevalence of immobilised patients and associated factors in the health district 5 in the Community of Madrid
Section: Health and quality of life
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Fernández N, Fernández B, Cabezón P, Casado T, González V, Jiménez C. Prevalencia de ancianos inmovilizados y factores asociados en el área 5 de la Comunidad de Madrid. Metas de Enferm feb 2007; 10(1): 50-54
Authors
1Nerea Fernández de Larrea Baz, 1Belén Fernández Llanes, 2Pilar Cabezón Blanco, 3Teodora Casado García, 4Victoriano González, 5Carmen Jiménez Gómez
Position
1MIR Servicio Medicina Preventiva Hospital “La Paz”.2Enfermera del Centro de Salud General Moscardó.3Enfermera del Centro de Salud Marqués de la Valdavia.4Enfermera del Centro de Salud Colmenar Viejo.5Enfermera del Centro de Salud Reyes Católicos.
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C/ Melchor Fernández Almagro, 1. 28100 Madrid.
Abstract
Home care of immobilised patients requires the organisation and planning of specific social and healthcare services, and thus it becomes important to determine the prevalence of this need in our population.
Objective: to estimate the prevalence of immobilised patients over 65 in the health district 5 of the Community of Madrid. Design: descriptive cross-sectional study.Material and methods: probabilistic and stratified sampling per team of primary care. Data collection through the review of medical histories and/or telephone interview.
Results: information was collected on 2,105 users (57% women and 43% men). The prevalence of immobilised patients was 7,7% (CI 95%: 6,5%-8,8%), being the immobilisation condition of the patients known to the healthcare professionals in 91% of cases. Mean patient age was 75,4 years (SD 7,3), immobilised patients were older than non-immobilised patients (84 and 75 years of age, respectively, p<0,001).
Conclusions: the prevalence of immobilisation prevalence in patients over 65 years of age in health district 5 is lower than that currently managed (11%), a fact that is also perceived by our community care professionals. Even though these data cannot be extrapolated directly to all the health care districts of the Community of Madrid, they could be well used to estimate such prevalence in other health areas with an age distribution similar to ours.
Keywords:
immobilised elderly; Primary Care; home care/domiciliary care; Descriptive StudyGeriatric Nursing
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Prevalencia de ancianos inmovilizados y factores asociados en el área 5 de la Comunidad de Madrid
