FEATURES OF POPULATION HEALTH OF OLDER AGE GROUPS

Authors

  • M. D. Dyachuk State Scientific Institution «Scientific and Practical Center for Preventive and Clinical Medicine» State Administration of Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • T. S. Gruzieva Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • G. V. Inshakova Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2019.3.10584

Keywords:

elderly population, morbidity, disease prevalence, disability, mortality, full coverage of dispensary surveillance

Abstract

Purpose: to identify current features and health trends of the population of older age groups to define needs and optimize the delivery of care.

Materials and Methods. Bibliographic, medical-statistical and information-analytical methods were used in the study. The scientific base of the study was a multi-disciplinary health institution. Data on morbidity, disease prevalence, disability, mortality of the population aged 60 years and older during 2014–2018 were analyzed.

Results. Trends in the prevalence of diseases in the elderly population by 15.8 % and primary incidence – by 18.2 % were identified. The leading causes of access to health care facilities and their dynamics over a four-year period were found out. The increase in the number of people is caused by an increase in the incidence of first detected diseases of the nervous system (by 204.5 %), musculoskeletal system (by 180.2 %), respiratory organs (by 78.8 %) and the genitourinary system (by 36.7 %), which requires increased preventive measures and improved quality of treatment. The positive and negative shifts in the health status of elderly patients, including disability and mortality rates, were comprehensively evaluated, which outlines priority goals for improving the care of older patients.

Conclusions. The identified features and trends of the health status of the population aged 60 and over, served in a multidisciplinary healthcare institution, are the basis for clarifying problem situations, existing challenges, identifying priority needs and forecasting them for the future, prioritizing health improvement tasks.

Author Biographies

M. D. Dyachuk , State Scientific Institution «Scientific and Practical Center for Preventive and Clinical Medicine» State Administration of Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine

Diachuk Mykhаilo Dmytrovych - PhD (Medicine), science consultant of science of minimally invasive surgery of the State Institution of Science «Research and Practical Center of Preventive and Clinical Medicine» State Administrative Department

T. S. Gruzieva , Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine

Gruzieva Tetiana Stepanivna, professor, DM (Medicine), the Head of the Department of Social Medicine and Public Healthe of Bogomolets National University

G. V. Inshakova, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine

Inshakova Hanna Vadymivna, PhD (Pedagogical) associate professor of the Department of Social Medicine and Public Healthe of Bogomolets National University

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Published

2019-11-15

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Dyachuk , M. D. ., Gruzieva , T. S. ., & Inshakova, G. V. (2019). FEATURES OF POPULATION HEALTH OF OLDER AGE GROUPS. Bulletin of Social Hygiene and Health Protection Organization of Ukraine, (3), 5–11. https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2019.3.10584

Issue

No. 3 (2019)

Section

Health of the population:tendencies and forecasts

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