Health screening in older women.
Health screening is an important aspect of health promotion and disease prevention in women over 65 years of age. Screening efforts should address conditions that cause significant morbidity and mortality in this age group. In addition to screening for cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease and cancer, primary care physicians should identify risk factors unique to an aging population. These factors include hearing and vision loss, dysmobility or functional impairment, osteoporosis, cognitive and affective disorders, urinary incontinence and domestic violence. Although screening for many conditions cannot be proved to merit an "A" recommendation (indicating conclusive proof of benefit), special attention to these factors can decrease morbidity and improve quality of life in aging women.
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Department of Family Practice, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 78284-7795, USA.
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000517:prevention & control; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D003863:Depression / Q000517:prevention & control; D004552:Elder Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000517:prevention & control; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D012449:Safety; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000517:prevention & control; D015351:Vision Screening