[The adaptation for a health centre of a functional screening process aimed at elderly people].
OBJECTIVE
To find out what the functional capacity of people aged 75 or over is and to adapt the screening questionnaire for further use.


METHODS
Descriptive crossover study.


METHODS
Health Centre.


METHODS
People aged 75 or over registered at the Health Centre (HC). 78 people were chosen by systematic sampling. There were 18 losses.


RESULTS
A screening questionnaire was administered to make a clinical, functional and social assessment and record problems and performances. The average time taken per questionnaire was 28 minutes (SD 6.9). 76.7% completed it at the HC. There was a notably high percentage of problems detected (21.8%): 209 out of the 960 possible boxes for problems. Over 40% of these problems--with the exception of boxes for economic status and mobility--had previously either not been identified or were not treated. Hearing, sight and teeth were the most frequent complaints (33.3%, 51.6% and 51.6%, respectively) and were unidentified or untreated in 85%, 67.7% and 80.6% of cases.


CONCLUSIONS
We consider that the systematic installation of this adapted screening method would be useful.
Gorostiaga Roa
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Centro de Salud de Ortuella, Unidad Docente de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria de Vizcaya.
Lerma Cancho
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Martín Lesende
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Benito Manrique
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Urreisti Urresti
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires