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Living conditions of older adults in the Nueva Provincia neighborhood, La Libertad, Santa Elena, Ecuador–2021

Abstract:

The living conditions of older adults are the circumstances inherent to the environment that surrounds this vulnerable group and all difficulties they present due to the nature of age. Inequalities exist mainly when the general sector circumstances are untidy. This study’s objective has been to determine the older adults’ living conditions in the Nueva Provincia neighborhood. The methodology used was a non-experimental design with a quantitative approach and correlational scope. The technique was survey and the instrument used was a questionnaire; the instrument’s validity was performed through construct and criterion validity through Pearson’s correlation coefficient, as well as reliability through Cronbach’s Alpha Test, obtaining reliability of 99%, which is excellent. The main alterations were shown in the physical well-being dimension, where the most important scores were obtained at a very low level with alterations in autonomy degree in housework at a very low (15%), autonomy in basic activities very low (15%) and low (10%), the autonomy to get up and go to bed very low (15%) and low (5%), and the most affected was physical exercise or sports activities with a surprising score of very low (15%) and low (85%). In conclusion, the physical well-being dimension is the most altered in the elderly who live in the Nueva Provincia neighborhood.