Health status of elderly based on daily activities living, cholesterol and uric acid profile in Medan city

1st International Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases (ICTROMI) Faculty of Medicine Universitas Sumatera Utara

Amelia, R.^1 ; Harahap, J.^1 ; Wahyuni, A.S.^1 ; Pratama, A.^2

Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Jl. dr. Mansur No. 5 Kampus USU, Medan

20155, Indonesia^1

Medical Student of Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Jl. dr. Mansur No. 5 Kampus USU, Medan

20155, Indonesia^2

关键词: Blood sugar levels;    Cholesterol levels;    Daily activity;    Elderly populations;    Health parameters;    Health status;    Service area;    Systolic blood pressure;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/125/1/012175/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/125/1/012175

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Health problems in the elderly come from declining body cells, so the function and body endurance decreased along with increased risk factors for diseases. This study aimed to determine the elderly health status in Public Health Center of Tuntungan Medan. Health status includes measurement of daily activities living (DAL),and health parameter include blood pressure, blood sugar level (BSL), cholesterol level and uric acid level. The study design was descriptive with cross-sectional approach. The study population was the entire elderly population residing in the service area of public health center of Tuntungan Medan (55 subjects). The elderly who had a reasonable level of independence were 47 subjects (85.5%), the majority of elderly were in the category of hypertension stage I (20 subjects; 36.4%) with a mean systolic blood pressure level was 143mmHg. Most of them have BSL that exceeded the standard limit (42 subjects; 76.4%) with BSL mean value was 177mg/dL.Uric acid levels were in the high category (34 subjects; 61.98%) with a mean value of 7.0mm/dL, and most of them have normal cholesterol (43 subjects; 78.2%).