A Novel Approach on Disease Morbidity in a Rural Area
Keywords:
Analysis of Variance, Health Related Quality of Life, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, International Classification of Disease, Statistical Package for Social Sciences, Quality of Life, and Body Mass Index.Abstract
Elderly population is believed to increase from 12 % in 2015 to 22% in 2050 and majority of them belong to lower and
middle income countries. Though life expectancy has increased, the increased disease burden and poor quality of life
remains. Cross- sectional study undertaken in the meadow repetition area of the RHC, Poonjeri, Kancheepuram District,
Tamil Nadu between June 2015 – September 2016. 337 persons aged 60 years and over were particular by multi stage
random sample. Data was composed by family to family survey using a pre tested structured questionnaire. This research
work focuses to determine the morbidity pattern of elderly population based on the disease morbidity in rural area of Tamil
Nadu.
