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2023 № 11 Socio-hygienic parameters, lifestyle and medical activity of the elderly according to the results of the survey (on the example of the Tambov region).
The purpose of our study was to study the lifestyle and medical activity of elderly people in the Tambov region in order to form a scientific understanding of the possibilities of a comprehensive medical and social corrective effect on this contingent. Materials and methods. The observation unit of our study is an elderly person who has reached the age of 60 years. A total of 412 people took part in the survey. The study was conducted from September 2022 to January 2023. The average age of respondents is 68.9 years. Among the respondents – 53.2% (219 people) are women, 46.8% (193 people) are men. Results and conclusion. One of the leading socio-hygienic factors affecting the health of the elderly
and lifestyle should be considered the low-income level of a large number of respondents. 22% live close to poverty, 16% of the elderly people in the sample live below the poverty line (10% qualify as «Poverty», and 6% as «super-poverty»). The conducted research allows you to see the rea.