Impacto biomédico de los viajes en adultos mayores chilenos

Background: In Chile there is a program named "Vacations for Elderly during Low Season". Aim: To characterize participants of this program and to measure the impact of traveling in their health and wellbeing. Material and methods: Two anonymous and voluntary questionnaires were applied to...

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Autores principales:	Marín L,Pedro Paulo, Carrasco G,Marcela, Cabezas U,Mauricio, Gac E,Homero, Hoyl M,Trinidad, Duery D,Patricio, Petersen C,Kristina, Dussaillant K,Catalina
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2004
Materias:	Aged Fail elderly Travel
Acceso en línea:	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872004000500006
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720040005000062005-11-18Impacto biomédico de los viajes en adultos mayores chilenosMarín L,Pedro PauloCarrasco G,MarcelaCabezas U,MauricioGac E,HomeroHoyl M,TrinidadDuery D,PatricioPetersen C,KristinaDussaillant K,Catalina Aged Fail elderly Travel Background: In Chile there is a program named "Vacations for Elderly during Low Season". Aim: To characterize participants of this program and to measure the impact of traveling in their health and wellbeing. Material and methods: Two anonymous and voluntary questionnaires were applied to 4200 participants, before and after a ten days vacation package. Results: Before traveling, questionnaires were answered by 802 subjects, and after traveling by 4057 (69% women, 22% older than 75 years old, 15.8% living alone). The presence and maintaining of good health were most appreciated at this age and 59% classified their health as good or excellent. Twenty five percent referred sensory problems (seeing or hearing), 12% reported urinary incontinence and 21% presented falls in the last three months; depression screening (GDS-5) was positive in 16%. Chronic disease prevalence was similar to the general Chilean elderly population. After traveling they reported significant improvements in the items sociability, wellbeing, mood, appetite, insomnia and ostheoarthritic pain. Conclusions: Elderly who traveled were mainly women, who thought that maintaining good health is the most precious value. After traveling they improved significantly different aspects of wellbeing. Promotion of this kind of recreation programs is an important tool for integration and enhancement of quality of life in elderly subjects in our country (Rev Méd Chile 2004; 132: 573-8).info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.132 n.5 20042004-05-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872004000500006es10.4067/S0034-98872004000500006
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language	Spanish / Castilian
topic	Aged Fail elderly Travel
spellingShingle	Aged Fail elderly Travel Marín L,Pedro Paulo Carrasco G,Marcela Cabezas U,Mauricio Gac E,Homero Hoyl M,Trinidad Duery D,Patricio Petersen C,Kristina Dussaillant K,Catalina Impacto biomédico de los viajes en adultos mayores chilenos
description	Background: In Chile there is a program named "Vacations for Elderly during Low Season". Aim: To characterize participants of this program and to measure the impact of traveling in their health and wellbeing. Material and methods: Two anonymous and voluntary questionnaires were applied to 4200 participants, before and after a ten days vacation package. Results: Before traveling, questionnaires were answered by 802 subjects, and after traveling by 4057 (69% women, 22% older than 75 years old, 15.8% living alone). The presence and maintaining of good health were most appreciated at this age and 59% classified their health as good or excellent. Twenty five percent referred sensory problems (seeing or hearing), 12% reported urinary incontinence and 21% presented falls in the last three months; depression screening (GDS-5) was positive in 16%. Chronic disease prevalence was similar to the general Chilean elderly population. After traveling they reported significant improvements in the items sociability, wellbeing, mood, appetite, insomnia and ostheoarthritic pain. Conclusions: Elderly who traveled were mainly women, who thought that maintaining good health is the most precious value. After traveling they improved significantly different aspects of wellbeing. Promotion of this kind of recreation programs is an important tool for integration and enhancement of quality of life in elderly subjects in our country (Rev Méd Chile 2004; 132: 573-8).
author	Marín L,Pedro Paulo Carrasco G,Marcela Cabezas U,Mauricio Gac E,Homero Hoyl M,Trinidad Duery D,Patricio Petersen C,Kristina Dussaillant K,Catalina
author_facet	Marín L,Pedro Paulo Carrasco G,Marcela Cabezas U,Mauricio Gac E,Homero Hoyl M,Trinidad Duery D,Patricio Petersen C,Kristina Dussaillant K,Catalina
author_sort	Marín L,Pedro Paulo
title	Impacto biomédico de los viajes en adultos mayores chilenos
title_short	Impacto biomédico de los viajes en adultos mayores chilenos
title_full	Impacto biomédico de los viajes en adultos mayores chilenos
title_fullStr	Impacto biomédico de los viajes en adultos mayores chilenos
title_full_unstemmed	Impacto biomédico de los viajes en adultos mayores chilenos
title_sort	impacto biomédico de los viajes en adultos mayores chilenos
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2004
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872004000500006
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Impacto biomédico de los viajes en adultos mayores chilenos

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