A STUDY ON THE DISEASES OF THE ELDERLY IN THE INTERNAL MEDICINE OUTPATIENT CLINIC OF A PRIVATE HOSPITAL

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dc.contributor.authorKaraoglu, Nazan
dc.contributor.authorKaraoglu, Mehmet Ali
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-26T17:37:46Z
dc.date.available2020-03-26T17:37:46Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.departmentSelçuk Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: The world's population is ageing and living a healthy life is becoming more important. The presence of multiple concurrent diseases has significant effects on quality of life, mortality, and healthcare utilization of elderly individuals. We aimed to examine the diseases in the elderly, the number of concurrent diseases, if the number of diseases increased with age and variation of the diseases by age and gender in an internal medicine outpatient clinic. Materials and Method: In this study, medical records of all consecutive patients over 65 admitted to an internal medicine outpatient clinic between 2005 and 2006 were examined retrospectively. Results: Six hundred and nineteen elderly patients were identified in this period, representing 14.2% of all patients. The mean age of the study population was 73.1 +/- 6.04 years (males; 73.81 +/- 6.45, and females; 72.53 +/- 5.64). Diseases of the cardiovascular system were the most prevalent diagnostic category (n=460, 74.3%). Only 27.6% of the elderly had a single diagnosable disease entity; the rest had at least two or more concurrent diseases. Regarding concurrent diseases, the younger elderly group (65-74 years) was not different from the elder elderly group (>= 75 years) (p>0.05). Conclusion: The risk of having multiple concurrent diseases did not differ significantly with age in this study population. It was noteworthy that mean age of men was higher than that of women.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage137en_US
dc.identifier.issn1304-2947en_US
dc.identifier.issn1307-9948en_US
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4en_US
dc.identifier.startpage130en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/23238
dc.identifier.volume12en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000271410000005en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizinen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherGUNES KITABEVI LTD STIen_US
dc.relation.ispartofTURK GERIATRI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICSen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.selcuk20240510_oaigen_US
dc.subjectAgeingen_US
dc.subjectCo-morbiditiesen_US
dc.subjectChronic diseaseen_US
dc.titleA STUDY ON THE DISEASES OF THE ELDERLY IN THE INTERNAL MEDICINE OUTPATIENT CLINIC OF A PRIVATE HOSPITALen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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