Health status of geriatrics in Gujrat, Pakistan

To determine the overall health status of the elderly in an area Pakistan's Punjab province.

The cross-sectional study was conducted from April to June 2016 in Tehsil Kharian of district Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan district, and comprised people aged 60 years or more who were enrolled through multistage random sampling. To measure the health status, and adapted and modified version of Short Form-36 health survey was used. SPSS 23 was used for data analysis.

Of the 395 subjects, 254(65%) were males, and the overall mean age was 69.18} 8.93 years. Of the total, 151(38%) subjects reported having no health issues. Among those who reported health issues, 63(16%) had joint problem as their primary health illness. Health status score suggested 286(72%) participants to have poor health, and in the 60-69 years age group, females were more likely to report poor health status compared to males (p<0.05).

The majority of the elderly subjects reported to have poor health status, and females reported more health issues compared to males..