ELDERLY ADMISSIONS PROFILE IN A PUBLIC HOSPITAL NEUROSCIENCE CLINIC

Abstract

This research aims to describe the epidemiological profile of hospitalized elderly in a neuroscience clinic from a public hospital in Bahia. It’s an exploratory descriptive study with cross-sectional and retrospective approach ranging from December 2011 to December 2012, with review of medical records of 135 elderly treated in a neuroscience clinic at a public hospital in Bahia. The results indicate that among the 135 charts studied the average age is equal to 77.23 (± 10.28) years, with 57.7% of females. The most frequent health problem identified was the stroke, with a prevalence of 84.4% among the elderly patients. Regarding comorbidities, there was greater distribution of hypertension (31.9%), diabetes mellitus associated with hypertension (13.3%) and arterial hypertension associated with systemic heart disease (4.4%). We conclude that the epidemiological profile of the elderly evaluated is predominantly female, with the most frequent pathology being the stroke.