Health Screening for Elderly

Introduction Falls are common among the older people. It is a major cause of injury and trauma in the elderly. Falls could lead to significant morbidity and mortality in the elderly, as well as affecting the quality of life of the older persons. The risks of falls are related to …

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Introduction Falls are common among the older persons. It is a major cause of injury and trauma in the elderly. Falls could lead to significant morbidity and mortality in elderly, thus affecting the quality of life of the older persons. The consequences of falls and fractures can lead to further …

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Introduction A fall is defined as an event when a person unintentionally  comes to rest on the ground or  a lower level  other than consequence of sustaining a violent blow, loss of consciousness, sudden onset of paralysis as in a stroke or seizure. Epidemiology of fall Falls are common among …

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Introduction Vision is among the important sensory modalities for all living organism. However as we aged, vision may be impaired due to normal aging process or eye disorder. Age- related eye disorders and visual impairment increase with age. An eye survey done in Malaysia in 1996 reported that the prevalence …

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Introduction Screening for urinary incontinence usually involves the use of a questionnaire. Set of validated questions are used to obtain information about the urinary symptoms and its severity. Information on the urinary incontinence impact on the person’s physical, social, pyschological and quality of life are also sometimes obtained as well.. …

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Introduction National Eye Survey done in Malaysia in 1996 shows that the prevalence of bilateral blindness was 0.29 % and low vision was 2.4 %. The study also shows that the prevalence of blindness in children was 0.05 % and increases to 4.77 % in the elderly age 70 years …

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Introduction The prevalence of visual impairment increases as the population aged. Visual impairment includes low vision and blindness. Blindness is defined as visual acuity of less than 3/60 or inability to count fingers at a distance of 3 meter in the better eye using available means of corrective devices (with …

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