Prevalence of Geriatric Syndromes in the Geriatrimss Program at Hospital De Especialidades # 14, Veracruz Mexico, Imss

Abstract

Introduction: Geriatric syndromes are the set of symptoms and signs that can be manifestations of one or various pathologies that are frequently intertwined, producing greater morbidity and mortality. Objective: To know the prevalence of geriatric syndromes of the Geriatrimss program in the specialty hospital # 14, Veracruz Mexico, IMSS. Material and Method: Descriptive, cross-sectional, observational study, evaluating patients belonging to the GERIATRIMSS program of the specialty hospital # 14 of the city of Veracruz Ver. Mexico, in a period of 12 months. The comprehensive geriatric evaluation card was applied. Descriptive analysis with frequencies and percentages, in SPSS v24. Results: 538 patients in total, 347 (64.5%) were female, the traumatology service was the one with the highest prevalence with 215 (40.2%), arterial hypertension with 317 (58.9%), non-abuse and/or mistreatment predominated in 528 (98.1%) patients, with functional depression there were 325 (60.4%) patients, 442 (82.0%) patients had immobility and odontoprosthetic diseases in 276 (51.3%) patients. Conclusions: The female gender predominated, the traumatology service was the most prevalent, arterial hypertension was the most frequent comorbidity, in most of the patients there was no abuse and / or mistreatment, with greater functional depression, there was greater immobility, there was a predominance of dental prosthetic diseases as the most prevalent geriatric syndromes.