Chronic Renal Disease in the Older Adult

Abstract

Foundation: chronic renal disease is a severe health problem which affects older adults. Due to the fact that it is asymptomatic it results to a final stage diagnosis, with high costs of treatment and lost of quality of life. Objective: to identify the mortality due to chronic renal disease in older adults of the teaching policlinic Dr Mario Escalona Reguera from April to December 2016. Methods: a transversal descriptive study was conducted in the universe of 148 old patients attended at doctor’s office 27 of the Teaching Policlinic Dr. Mario Escalona Reguera from April to December 2016. The sample was made up by 113 patients. The demographic variables analysed were: age, sex, skin colour, and the study: predisposing factors, personal and family history, renal disease stage, relation between chronic renal disease and creatinine value and renal disease progression factors. Glomerural filtration rate was calculated for classifying the renal function. It was used the descriptive statistic, square chi, and relative risk. Results: chronic renal disease was diagnosed in 90.3 % of the old patients, it was more frequent in stage 2, in the female sex, mixed race. The associated progression factors were arterial hypertension and smoking. Conclusion: the most severe stages of renal damage presented in earlier ages. A significant association with age, skin colour and seric creatinine was not found and it was with arterial hypertension and smoking.

Keywords

• insuficiencia renal crónica
• anciano
• epidemiología descriptiva
• cuba