Investigation of the Reasons for Applying to Rehabilitation Centers by Elderly People

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This study was conducted on 111 men and 101 women, a total of 212 seniors who were over the age of 65 and applied to physical therapy and rehabilitation departments of hospitals and private physical therapy and rehabilitation centers in Ankara in order to reveal the applying reasons to these departments and centers. The results of this research were evaluated using the t test and the chi-square test in the SPSS program. In the study it was found that, 63.96 % of men, 78.22 % of women lived in their homes with their families. 17.21 % of men, 4.95 % of women were staying in nursing houses. BMI values by gender was statistically significant (p<0.05). In the study, women more often than men applied to health facilities (p<0.01). The status of continuous walking and doing physical movements was significant (p<0.05), while jogging was insignificant (p>0.05) according to gender. Reasons for applying to physical therapy and rehabilitation centers were examined. For fracture treatment, 41.44 % of men, 48.51 % of women (p>0.05), for rheumatic disease 81.98 % of men and 86.13 % of women (p>0.05), for breathing exercises 37.03 % of men and 18.81 % of women (p<0.01).

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