To Study the Attitude and Behaviour of clinical staff viz a viz Geriatric patients attending tertiary care institute of North India

Shahnawaz Hamid; Farooq A Jan; Haroon Rashid; Susan Jalali

Volume : V, Issue : XI, November - 2016

To Study the Attitude and Behaviour of clinical staff viz a viz Geriatric patients attending tertiary care institute of North India

Shahnawaz Hamid, Farooq A Jan, Haroon Rashid, Susan Jalali

Abstract :

The population of the elderly is increasing in all countries of the World. ?is is attributed to be one of the major achievements of mankind in the modern era Globally, there are an estimated 605 million people aged 60 years and above . ?e study was carried out in Inpatient departments of Sheri–kashmir Institute of medical Sciences (SKIMS) Srinagar, a 761 bedded tertiary care facility. It was a prospective type of study undertaken on elderly people. It was a Questionnaire based study. ?e observations revealed that attitude of ward staff towards majority of Geriatric patients admitted through emergency admission was �courteous� (63.5% on medical side and 60.7% on surgical side). Doctors were assessed by Geriatric patients regarding their skill to deal with elderly which revealed that among the patients admitted though emergency majority (45.2% from medical side and 59.8% from surgical side) were of the opinion the Doctors need �little reorientation� in case of elderly