Valoración de las funciones mentales y la comunicación en adultos mayores mapuches y no mapuches en áreas rurales del sur de Chile

The main predictors of functional impairment in the elderly are alterations in mental or communication functions. Aim: To study mental and communication functions in rural elderly subjects of Mapuche and non Mapuche origin. Patients and methods: Elderly subjects coming from a rural Mapuche community...

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Autores principales:	Mella M,Rebeca, Alvear A,María, Carrillo V,Berta, Caire V,Victor
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2003
Materias:	Communication disorders Frail elderly Indians South American Memory disorders
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720030011000052004-01-27Valoración de las funciones mentales y la comunicación en adultos mayores mapuches y no mapuches en áreas rurales del sur de ChileMella M,RebecaAlvear A,MaríaCarrillo V,BertaCaire V,Victor Communication disorders Frail elderly Indians South American Memory disorders The main predictors of functional impairment in the elderly are alterations in mental or communication functions. Aim: To study mental and communication functions in rural elderly subjects of Mapuche and non Mapuche origin. Patients and methods: Elderly subjects coming from a rural Mapuche community and a non Mapuche community were studied. Subjects were interviewed at their homes. The communication and mental function assessments of the Functional Autonomy Measurement System were applied. Results: Fifty one Mapuche and 49 non Mapuche subjects with a mean age of 71 ± 7 and 74 ± 8 years respectively, were studied. Fifty four percent were female and 31% were illiterate. Twenty six percent had impairment in mental functions. The item with the highest difficulty was memory. The visual function was the most severely impaired among communication items. Mapuche elderly subjects had significantly higher degrees of impairment in mental and communication functions. Conclusions: There is a higher degree of mental and communication impairment among rural Mapuche elderly subjects than in their non Mapuche counterparts (Rev Méd Chile 2003; 31: 1257-65)info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.131 n.11 20032003-11-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872003001100005es10.4067/S0034-98872003001100005
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topic	Communication disorders Frail elderly Indians South American Memory disorders
spellingShingle	Communication disorders Frail elderly Indians South American Memory disorders Mella M,Rebeca Alvear A,María Carrillo V,Berta Caire V,Victor Valoración de las funciones mentales y la comunicación en adultos mayores mapuches y no mapuches en áreas rurales del sur de Chile
description	The main predictors of functional impairment in the elderly are alterations in mental or communication functions. Aim: To study mental and communication functions in rural elderly subjects of Mapuche and non Mapuche origin. Patients and methods: Elderly subjects coming from a rural Mapuche community and a non Mapuche community were studied. Subjects were interviewed at their homes. The communication and mental function assessments of the Functional Autonomy Measurement System were applied. Results: Fifty one Mapuche and 49 non Mapuche subjects with a mean age of 71 ± 7 and 74 ± 8 years respectively, were studied. Fifty four percent were female and 31% were illiterate. Twenty six percent had impairment in mental functions. The item with the highest difficulty was memory. The visual function was the most severely impaired among communication items. Mapuche elderly subjects had significantly higher degrees of impairment in mental and communication functions. Conclusions: There is a higher degree of mental and communication impairment among rural Mapuche elderly subjects than in their non Mapuche counterparts (Rev Méd Chile 2003; 31: 1257-65)
author	Mella M,Rebeca Alvear A,María Carrillo V,Berta Caire V,Victor
author_facet	Mella M,Rebeca Alvear A,María Carrillo V,Berta Caire V,Victor
author_sort	Mella M,Rebeca
title	Valoración de las funciones mentales y la comunicación en adultos mayores mapuches y no mapuches en áreas rurales del sur de Chile
title_short	Valoración de las funciones mentales y la comunicación en adultos mayores mapuches y no mapuches en áreas rurales del sur de Chile
title_full	Valoración de las funciones mentales y la comunicación en adultos mayores mapuches y no mapuches en áreas rurales del sur de Chile
title_fullStr	Valoración de las funciones mentales y la comunicación en adultos mayores mapuches y no mapuches en áreas rurales del sur de Chile
title_full_unstemmed	Valoración de las funciones mentales y la comunicación en adultos mayores mapuches y no mapuches en áreas rurales del sur de Chile
title_sort	valoración de las funciones mentales y la comunicación en adultos mayores mapuches y no mapuches en áreas rurales del sur de chile
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2003
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Valoración de las funciones mentales y la comunicación en adultos mayores mapuches y no mapuches en áreas rurales del sur de Chile

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