Early Detection of Degenerative Diseases in the Elderly in Uenuni Village, Palolo District

The risk of various degenerative diseases is more experienced by older adults than young people. One of the most common health problems among the elderly is hypertension. Delays in treating hypertensive patients are caused by the majority of patients only coming to health facilities after experienc...

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Main Authors: Yuliet Yuliet, Khildah Khaerati, Amelia Rumi, Khusnul Diana
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Language:Indonesian
Published: Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat (LPPM) Universitas Andalas 2024-03-01
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Online Access:https://wartaandalas.lppm.unand.ac.id/index.php/jwa/article/view/964
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description The risk of various degenerative diseases is more experienced by older adults than young people. One of the most common health problems among the elderly is hypertension. Delays in treating hypertensive patients are caused by the majority of patients only coming to health facilities after experiencing complications and lack of access to public health services. The incidence of dyslipidemia and diabetes mellitus (DM) also continues to grow, which are risk factors for coronary heart disease. For this reason, promotive and preventive efforts for the elderly group are significant through increasing knowledge and understanding of degenerative diseases. The community service partner is the Banpres Pololo Community Health Center, one of the community health centers in Sigi Regency with high cases of degenerative diseases, and the target of community service is the elderly in Uenuni Palolo village. Implementing the activity was health education about hypertension, DM, and dyslipidemia, health screening, and health counseling. The screening results found that 94.12% of older adults suffered from hypertension, 17.65% suffered from DM, and 52.94% suffered from hypercholesterolemia. Health counseling results show that most older adults did not understand the importance of early detection of degenerative diseases. Therefore, health education and counseling for the community still need to be improved.
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spelling doaj-art-3dcd5ab82ce34c21bd91761d4979ff192025-08-20T02:11:42ZindLembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat (LPPM) Universitas AndalasWarta Pengabdian Andalas0854-655X2797-16002024-03-0131110.25077/jwa.31.1.51-59.2024964Early Detection of Degenerative Diseases in the Elderly in Uenuni Village, Palolo DistrictYuliet YulietKhildah KhaeratiAmelia RumiKhusnul Diana The risk of various degenerative diseases is more experienced by older adults than young people. One of the most common health problems among the elderly is hypertension. Delays in treating hypertensive patients are caused by the majority of patients only coming to health facilities after experiencing complications and lack of access to public health services. The incidence of dyslipidemia and diabetes mellitus (DM) also continues to grow, which are risk factors for coronary heart disease. For this reason, promotive and preventive efforts for the elderly group are significant through increasing knowledge and understanding of degenerative diseases. The community service partner is the Banpres Pololo Community Health Center, one of the community health centers in Sigi Regency with high cases of degenerative diseases, and the target of community service is the elderly in Uenuni Palolo village. Implementing the activity was health education about hypertension, DM, and dyslipidemia, health screening, and health counseling. The screening results found that 94.12% of older adults suffered from hypertension, 17.65% suffered from DM, and 52.94% suffered from hypercholesterolemia. Health counseling results show that most older adults did not understand the importance of early detection of degenerative diseases. Therefore, health education and counseling for the community still need to be improved. https://wartaandalas.lppm.unand.ac.id/index.php/jwa/article/view/964diabetes mellitus, education, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, older people
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Early Detection of Degenerative Diseases in the Elderly in Uenuni Village, Palolo District
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diabetes mellitus, education, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, older people
title Early Detection of Degenerative Diseases in the Elderly in Uenuni Village, Palolo District
title_full Early Detection of Degenerative Diseases in the Elderly in Uenuni Village, Palolo District
title_fullStr Early Detection of Degenerative Diseases in the Elderly in Uenuni Village, Palolo District
title_full_unstemmed Early Detection of Degenerative Diseases in the Elderly in Uenuni Village, Palolo District
title_short Early Detection of Degenerative Diseases in the Elderly in Uenuni Village, Palolo District
title_sort early detection of degenerative diseases in the elderly in uenuni village palolo district
topic diabetes mellitus, education, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, older people
url https://wartaandalas.lppm.unand.ac.id/index.php/jwa/article/view/964
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