Individuals of older adults hospitalized with social isolation
Introduction: social isolation is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon that affects people's lives, promotes inequality and affects dignity and personal and social identity. Objective: to describe characteristics of hospitalized older adults with social isolation. Methods: a cross-sectiona...
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| author | Jercy Subyen Iglesias Toriza Elaine Teresa Gutiérrez Pérez Linet Pérez Jurajuria Galia Yagnalis Delgado Pagán Yara Díaz Ibáñez |
| author_facet | Jercy Subyen Iglesias Toriza Elaine Teresa Gutiérrez Pérez Linet Pérez Jurajuria Galia Yagnalis Delgado Pagán Yara Díaz Ibáñez |
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| description | Introduction: social isolation is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon that affects people's lives, promotes inequality and affects dignity and personal and social identity.
Objective: to describe characteristics of hospitalized older adults with social isolation.
Methods: a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out at the “Arnaldo Milián Castro” Hospital during the period from 2017 to 2020. The population was 44 older adults with social isolation treated in the Geriatrics Service. Observation, interviews, documentary analysis of medical records and the social-gerontological evaluation instrument were used in data collection. The statistical analysis was descriptive and inferential.
Results: of the total patients, 68.2% were men, around 50% were grouped in the age groups between 65 and 69 and 75 and 79 years, 72.7% had no previous institutionalization, 27.3% suffered depression and 13.6% anxiety, 72.7% did not complicate their health status and their recovery was slow and 68.2% of adults with children were recorded. Family emigration (22.7%), toxic habits (18.3%) and housing problems (13.6%) were identified as causes of isolation.
Conclusions: the male sex and the age groups between 65 and 69 and 75 and 79 years predominated, there was an association between the male sex and institutionalization and the presence of complications and slow recovery of health status. Family emigration, toxic habits and disabling diseases were the causes of isolation and depression was the most frequent consequence in both sexes. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-80b6c4763afb4e509c2255d6aaf883682025-02-05T02:09:39ZspaEditorial Ciencias MédicasActa Médica del Centro2709-79272024-05-01182e1992e19921242Individuals of older adults hospitalized with social isolationJercy Subyen Iglesias Toriza0Elaine Teresa Gutiérrez Pérez1Linet Pérez Jurajuria2Galia Yagnalis Delgado Pagán3Yara Díaz Ibáñez4Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario “Arnaldo Milián Castro”Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario "Arnaldo Milián Castro"Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario "Arnaldo Milián Castro"Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario "Arnaldo Milián Castro"Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario "Arnaldo Milián Castro"Introduction: social isolation is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon that affects people's lives, promotes inequality and affects dignity and personal and social identity. Objective: to describe characteristics of hospitalized older adults with social isolation. Methods: a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out at the “Arnaldo Milián Castro” Hospital during the period from 2017 to 2020. The population was 44 older adults with social isolation treated in the Geriatrics Service. Observation, interviews, documentary analysis of medical records and the social-gerontological evaluation instrument were used in data collection. The statistical analysis was descriptive and inferential. Results: of the total patients, 68.2% were men, around 50% were grouped in the age groups between 65 and 69 and 75 and 79 years, 72.7% had no previous institutionalization, 27.3% suffered depression and 13.6% anxiety, 72.7% did not complicate their health status and their recovery was slow and 68.2% of adults with children were recorded. Family emigration (22.7%), toxic habits (18.3%) and housing problems (13.6%) were identified as causes of isolation. Conclusions: the male sex and the age groups between 65 and 69 and 75 and 79 years predominated, there was an association between the male sex and institutionalization and the presence of complications and slow recovery of health status. Family emigration, toxic habits and disabling diseases were the causes of isolation and depression was the most frequent consequence in both sexes.https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/1992adulto mayor hospitalizadoaislamiento social |
| spellingShingle | Jercy Subyen Iglesias Toriza Elaine Teresa Gutiérrez Pérez Linet Pérez Jurajuria Galia Yagnalis Delgado Pagán Yara Díaz Ibáñez Individuals of older adults hospitalized with social isolation Acta Médica del Centro adulto mayor hospitalizado aislamiento social |
| title | Individuals of older adults hospitalized with social isolation |
| title_full | Individuals of older adults hospitalized with social isolation |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Individuals of older adults hospitalized with social isolation |
| title_short | Individuals of older adults hospitalized with social isolation |
| title_sort | individuals of older adults hospitalized with social isolation |
| topic | adulto mayor hospitalizado aislamiento social |
| url | https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/1992 |
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