OBJECTIVE: TO DETERMINE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN COMPETENCE, USABILITY, ENVIRONMENT AND RISK OF FALLS IN ELDERLY ADULTS. METHOD: CORRELATIONAL DESCRIPTIVE STUDY, 123 ELDERLY ADULTS, BOTH MALE AND FEMALE, AGED 70 YEARS AND OLDER WERE INCLUDED. DATA WAS COLLECTED VIA THE TINETTI SCALE, CESD-7 SCALE, MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT, USABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE ON HOUSING AND HOUSING ENABLER; AND SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH BACKGROUND CERTIFICATE DATA. FOR DATA ANALYSIS, DESCRIPTIVE AND INFERENTIAL STATISTICS WERE USED, MULTIVARIATE LINEAR AND LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS WERE ADJUSTED. RESULTS: 42.0% OF THE ELDERLY ADULTS HAD PRESENTED WITH FALLS, WITH A HIGHER PREVALENCE IN WOMEN, AND IN THE GROUP OF 70-75 YEARS. THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE HOUSE, GAIT, AND USABILITY WERE SET AS RISK FACTORS FOR FALLS. A NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN USABILITY AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS, COGNITIVE HEALTH, BALANCE, GAIT, THE SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT WAS FOUND, P

OBJECTIVE: TO DETERMINATE THE RELATION BETWEEN DEPENDENCE, COGNITIVE HEALTH, AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS WITH PHARMACOLOGICAL ADHERENCE ON DIABETIC ELDERLY PATIENTS WHO HAVE TYPE 2 DIABETES AND BELONG TO A FAMILY HEALTH CENTER IN THE PROVINCE OF ÑUBLE. METHOD: IT WAS QUANTITATIVE, CORRELATIONAL, AND CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY. THE SAMPLE WAS CONSTITUTED BY 79 ELDERLY PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES. THE DATA COLLECTION WAS CARRIED OUT BY HOME VISITS USING BARTHEL INDEX, MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION (MMSE), YESAVAGE, MORISKY-GREEN GERIATRIC SCALE, AND A DATA INQUIRY ABOUT SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH. THE DATA WAS PROCESSED WITH THE STATISTICAL PACKAGE FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES PROGRAM (SPSS), USING DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS, NORMALITY TESTS AND INFERENCE TESTS ACCORDING TO EACH VARIABLE LEVEL. RESULTS: MOST PARTICIPANTS WERE FEMALE WITH AN AVERAGE AGE OF 73.6 YEARS. A 35.4% PRESENTED A CERTAIN DEGREE OF DEPENDENCY, A 24.1% PRESENTED COGNITIVE DAMAGE, A 34.2% PRESENTED DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AND A 59.5% OF ELDERLY PATIENTS WERE NOT ADHERENT TO PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT. IT WAS ONLY FOUND A RELATION BETWEEN DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS WITH ADHERENCE PHARMACOLOGICAL (P = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS: IT WAS FOUND THAT A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF ELDERLY PATIENTS IS NOT MEETING THE PRESCRIBED THERAPY, HIGHLIGHTING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS WITH PHARMACOLOGICAL ADHERENCE. THAT IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO EVALUATE PERSONAL CONDITIONS AND ENVIRONMENT THAT ARE RELATED TO PHARMACOLOGICAL ADHERENCE, A RELEVANT TOPIC FOR PUBLIC HEALTH THAT MUST BE TREATED BEYOND FIGURES, INVOLVING HEALTH TEAMS, PATIENT, FAMILY, GOVERNMENT, AMONG OTHERS.

ESTE TRABAJO EXPONE LOS RESULTADOS DE UN PROYECTO DE EXTENSIÓN UNIVERSITARIA DE ALFABETIZACIÓN DIGITAL PARA ADULTOS MAYORES. DESARROLLADO ENTRE 2012 Y 2015, EL PROYECTO BUSCÓ INTEGRAR AL ADULTO MAYOR MEDIANTE EL USO DE TECNOLOGÍAS DE INFORMACIÓN Y COMUNICACIÓN (TIC). EN PRIMER LUGAR, SE DESARROLLÓ UN ESTUDIO DESCRIPTIVO PARA DESCRIBIR LOS ANTECEDENTES RESPECTO DEL USO DEL COMPUTADOR DE LOS PARTICIPANTES DE LOS DISTINTOS TALLERES. EN SEGUNDO LUGAR, SE APLICÓ UNA ENCUESTA PARA EVALUAR LOS ANTECEDENTES DEMOGRÁFICOS, LA PERCEPCIÓN DEL USO DEL COMPUTADOR ? ANTES Y DESPUÉS DE REALIZAR LOS TALLERES? Y LA PERCEPCIÓN DE REDES SOCIALES Y EQUIPOS TECNOLÓGICOS ACTUALMENTE EN USO. COMO RESULTADO, EL USO DE TIC EN ESTOS ADULTOS MAYORES DISMINUYÓ SU SENTIMIENTO DE SOLEDAD Y LOS AYUDÓ A MEJORAR EN TÉRMINOS DE AUTOESTIMA E INTEGRACIÓN A SU FAMILIA ?PRINCIPAL INFLUENCIA PARA QUE LOS ADULTOS MAYORES SE ACERCARAN A LA TECNOLOGÍA? Y LA SOCIEDAD EN GENERAL.