Research Article
Living with Stigma: Depressed Elderly Persons’ Experiences of Physical Health Problems
Table 1
Physical health problems reported by the participants.
| Participants | Age | Physical health problems | Gender |
| 1 | 61 | Neck pain, prolapse, infection in the optic nerve | Female | 2 | 64 | Stomach ache | Female | 3 | 67 | Back pain, poor vision, diabetes mellitus, heart attack, kidney stone | Man | 4 | 73 | Hypertension, arthritis, spondylitis, skin cancer, impaired hearing | Female | 5 | 65 | Tinnitus (ortopediese) | Female | 6 | 92 | Hip pain, poor blood circulation, impaired hearing | Female | 7 | 74 | Osteoporosis and pain when walking | Female | 8 | 69 | Hypertension, obesity, pain related to colon trouble (obstipation) | Female | 9 | 62 | Pain following ankle fracture | Female | 10 | 82 | Arthrosis of the knees and hips, diabetes mellitus, hypertension | Female | 11 | 64 | Apoplexia cerebri, cataract/poor vision | Man | 12 | 62 | Cataract/poor vision | Female | 13 | 63 | Low metabolism, brain tumour, osteoporosis | Female | 14 | 69 | Thyroid hormone problems | Female | 15 | 72 | Back pain, osteoporosis | Female |
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