“Perfil epidemiológico de los adultos mayores en los cantones Tisaleo y Mocha de la provincia de Tungurahua”

Abstract

The present research aims to determine the epidemiological profile of a vulnerable part of our population, such as the Elderly Adults, specifically those who come to the Health Centers of the Tisaleo and Mocha cantons of the province of Tungurahua. In a specific way the subject, through the study of the characteristics and health conditions of this population, which little by little is becoming increasingly important for the better management of the diseases that appear in the aging. This has led to the development of this research in which the population is working as a group of people who are 65 years of age or older, who are called seniors. By means of the present one we will be able to observe which is the incidence of pathologies that are going to be affected more in the Elderly Adults taking into account the origin and age of the patient, in order to use epidemiological standards and techniques that can explain the role that factors play Of risk to intervene in the pathophysiological changes that are added to the disease that can present the population sample. This is of great relevance for those who are part of the health team.