Morbidity Pattern of Elderly Population based on Self-Reported Complaints in a Rural Area of Tamilnadu
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
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 the morbidity pattern of elderly population based on the self-reported complaints in a rural area of Tamil Nadu.
