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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1379</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>PREVALENCE AND DETERMINANTS OF DISABILITIES IN RURAL ELDERLY IN CHITTOOR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>N.</surname><given-names>Swarnalatha</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>25</day><month>04</month><year>2013</year></pub-date><volume/><issue/><fpage>79</fpage><lpage>83</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Similar to developed countries, aging was increased in India. Because of epidemiology and demographic transition phase, chronic diseases and disabilities were increasing. Socio-economic factors and chronic diseases were the major reasons for geriatric disability. There is a dearth of community based studies from India for geriatric disabilities and its associated risk factors; the present study was undertaken with the following objectives.&#13;
Study objectives: To determine the prevalence of disability and its association with the age, gender and other selected variables in a rural geriatric population.&#13;
Study design: cross-sectional, observational community based study. Study Period: April 2009 to September 2009.&#13;
Study Setting: Villages covered under Rural Health Centre, which is a rural field practice area, attached Community Medicine department, S.V. Medical College, Tirupati. Study Subjects: 400 individuals aged 60 years and above of both sexes equally were interviewed by house-to-house visits. Study Method: Study subjects were selected by random sampling technique. Study was conducted by house-to-house visits. Clinical examination, observation and interview were conducted with a pre-designed and pre-tested proforma. Sample Size: 400.&#13;
Study analysis: The data are analysed statistically using SPSS software 17 version. Results: The prevalence of disability was 70%. Most prevalent disability was vision (63.5%). The disability prevalence was high among 80 years and above elderly and it was increasing with age. The prevalence of disability was high among males (69.5%) than females (70.5%). In present study 46.5% elderly having one disability. Age, literacy, marital status and cognitive impairment were having statistical significant association with the disability.&#13;
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