Creación y validación del formato de valoración salud enfermero en paciente geriátrico

Abstract

Introduction: The elderly population worldwide is increasing rapidly, estimating that by 2020 there are around 1400 million people, therefore, it is necessary to consider the health problems faced by this population since they gradually lose autonomy and independence to carry out their daily activitie s, so that in primary health care it is necessary to have an assessment instrument that allows diagnosing the health conditions of the geriatric patient. Objective: Create a nursing health assessment instrument for the geriatric patient. Methodology: The research was developed with an experimental approach, with a descriptive cross-sectional design, whose population were students from the Technical University of Ambato who applied the instrument to 101 geriatric patients. Th us, the instrument was designed with 26 items under the Barthel scale, the Red Cross physical disability scale (EIC R), the Zung questionnaire and the Gijón socio-family assessment scale. To apply the instrument, a reliability analysis was carried out with Cronbach's Alpha index, as well as being reviewed by four professionals in the nursing and geriatric area. The collected data were analyzed in the statistical program SPSS. Results: The results indicate that the nursing health assessment format in geriatric patients reached a Cronbach's Alpha index of 0.799, with an application time between 3 to 5 minutes. Conclusions: The nursing health assessment format in geriatric patients is a reliable instrument to be applied in the health area that allows an assessme nt to be made at a physical, functional, psychological and social level, demonstrating the level of dependency of the person in carrying out daily activities, the mental health of the person and socio-family conditions.