Morbidity profile of elderly attended or admitted in Jeddah health facilities - Saudi Arabia

Morbidity profile of elderly attended or admitted in Jeddah health facilities - Saudi Arabia

Ibrahim NK, Ghabrah TM, Qadi M

Department of Family and Community Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract

A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine morbidity profile and predictors of increased number of morbidities among 2264 elderly attended / admitted in Jeddah health facilities. Results: About one-fourth of elderly reported poor self-perceived health, 37.3 % were dependent on others in their activities and 32.1 % utilized > 3 drugs/ day. Diminished vision was the commonest complaint while the most prevalent diseases were diabetes mellitus, arthritis and hypertension. The number of morbidities ranged from 1-6 with a mean of 2.11 ± 1.16. In multivariate analysis, the predictors of increased morbidities were obesity (OR= 1.83; 95 % CI= 1.37-2.44), feeling depressed (OR= 1.64; 95 % CI= 1.26-2.13), advanced age, stop working and female gender. It is recommended that there is a great need for increasing elderly medical and social care

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