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May 31, 2021Journal of Health Community ServiceOpen Access

Monitoring of the Elderly Cholesterol Levels of Sumbersono Village, Mojokerto Regency, East Java Province, Indonesia

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Why the study?

Elderly individuals need more routine checks to monitor cholesterol levels, but examination is relatively expensive, limiting self-examination by the community.

Population

44 community service participants (27 elderly, 17 middle age)

Comparison

Cholesterol examination using POCT and interviews

Authors

EPEndah PrayektiAAAry Andini

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Overview

Supports community partnerships for elderly services in rural settings; leaves open need for outcome evaluation before wider adoption.

Structured PICO

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Population
44 community service participants (27 elderly, 17 middle age) from Sumbersono Village, Mojokerto Regency, East Java Province, Indonesia.
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Intervention
Cholesterol examination using point-of-care testing (POCT) and health complaint interviews.
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Outcome
Cholesterol levels (categorized as normal vs. high/very high).surrogate

A community screening program in Indonesia identified a high prevalence of elevated cholesterol and related symptoms among both elderly and middle-aged participants.

Cite This Study

Prayekti et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a718a87439bab0cabc39b84https://doi.org/10.33086/jhcs.v1i1.2064
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