Diseño de estrategia de intervención educativa sobre higiene personal en adultos mayores. Santo Domingo de Ugshapamba, Colta, Enero a junio 2016.

Abstract

The objective of the research was to design an educational intervention strategy on personal hygiene in older adults of the Santo Domingo community of Ugshapamba, Cantón Colta, province of Chimborazo, from January to June 2016. It was performed a descriptive-correlational, non-experimental cross-sectional study. Data were obtained through an interview with a questionnaire validated by a group of experts, the universe was made up of 62 older adults, the results were analyzed with SPSS 17 and for the correlation it was used the chi-square test. The level of significance was 5% (p <0.05). The results showed that the most representative age group was 75-79 years old (30.6%) male 32 (51.60%) married civil status 40 (64.5%), without any level of education 54 (87.1%), independent occupation 47 (75.8%), accompanied coexistence 37 (59.7%). Knowledge about personal hygiene was unsatisfactory in 44 (71.0%), elementary knowledge of personal hygiene was unsatisfactory in 48 (77%) behaving similarly the knowledge about measures of personal hygiene not satisfactory in 47 (68, 00%) and knowledge about unsatisfactory personal hygiene in 42 (91.90%) there was no significant correlation between personal hygiene knowledge and sociodemographic variables studied (p> 0.05). It is concluded that the knowledge about personal hygiene is not satisfactory, there is no significant correlation between knowledge of personal hygiene and sociodemographic variables. It is necessary to provide a continuing education on the selfcare of personal hygiene in the elderly.