Risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and geriatric syndromes - epidemiology issues and relationship in older age patients

The frequency of occurrence of geriatric syndromes (senile asthenia, depression, cognitive disorders) investigated in relation to some factors of cardiovascular risk (arterial hypertension, obesity) in patients of older age groups - residents of the city (1st sample) and rural (2nd sample) of Smolensk region. A comprehensive geriatric assessment of 480 patients over 65 years old was carried out with the analysis of case histories and outpatient records. The scale for screening senile asthenia (“Age is not a hindrance”), MMSE scale, GDS-15 was used. The analysis of the obtained results showed that the frequency of occurrence of senile asthenia among the residents of the village was lower than among the residents of the city (p incidence of depression among rural residents was comparable to urban residents (31% and 29.7%, respectively, p ˃ 0.05), but among people over 75 years of age, its prevalence was lower among rural residents (35, 5% versus 52.3%, respectively, p