Common health issues among elderly people in Hanoi, 2019

Authors

  • Trần Văn Đình National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi
  • Lê Thị Phương Mai National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi
  • Phạm Anh Tùng Hanoi Medical University
  • Nguyễn Thị Châu Anh Hanoi Medical University
  • Nguyễn Thị Thu Hanoi Population and Family Planning Branch, Hanoi
  • Tạ Quang Huy Hanoi Population and Family Planning Branch, Hanoi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51403/0868-2836/2020/166

Keywords:

Common health issues, common diseases, older adults, Hanoi

Abstract

This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2019 to describe the common health issues among elderly people, aged 60 years or more in Hanoi. In total, 480 older adults in 12 wards/ communes in 6 districts of Hanoi were face to face interviewed by trained interviewers using a structured questionnaire. Results indicated that most of the subjects had health issues in
the past 3 months (76.0%). The majority of the reported diseases included arthralgia (43.7%); back pain (25.4%); headaches (26.2%); high blood pressure (27.6%) and poor vision, eye disease (20.8%). It were calculated that each older adults in Hanoi had 2.7 health issues, in average, in the past three months. Health intervention programs for older adults in Hanoi should focus on the common health issues that reported.

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Published

27-04-2021

How to Cite

Đình, T. V. ., Mai, L. T. P. ., Tùng, P. A. ., Anh, N. T. C. ., Thu, N. T. ., & Huy, T. Q. . (2021). Common health issues among elderly people in Hanoi, 2019. Vietnam Journal of Preventive Medicine, 30(7), 140–146. https://doi.org/10.51403/0868-2836/2020/166

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 7 (2020): SỐ THƯỜNG KÌ

Section

Original Papers

License

Publication License No 150/GP-BTTTT signed on May 8, 2014;
Electronic Publication License No 322/GP-BTTTT signed on June 15, 2016.

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