Frequent dermatosis in geriatric patients of Matanzas
Keywords:
photoageing, phototype, elder people, skin.Abstract
Introduction: although the dermatological diseases are not a cause of mortality among the Cuban population, they are one of the factors generating morbidity that are frequently appreciated in elder people, with a great esthetic repercussion and possibility of getting malignant.Objective: to define the frequent dermatosis in geriatric patients of Matanzas.
Methods: design: Cross-sectional, descriptive, observational study.
Universe composed by 25 377 elder people of seven health areas of Matanzas.
Sample: 380 geriatric patients carrying dermatologic diseases. Variables: genre, age, race, skin phototype, scholarship.
Results: we found an average of 7,6 % of dermatologic diseases in the cases studied; there it was a predominance of the female genre and of the age group from 60 to 64 years old. There it was also a prevalence of the white skin and the skin phototype II, with a low scholarship (junior high school).
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2012-05-15
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Martínez García G, Guerra Castro MM. Frequent dermatosis in geriatric patients of Matanzas. Rev Méd Electrón [Internet]. 2012 May 15 [cited 2025 Jan. 10];34(3):309-20. Available from: https://revmedicaelectronica.sld.cu/index.php/rme/article/view/914
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