الملخص
Recent improvements in health and an increased standard of living in Oman have led to a reduction in environment-related and infectious diseases. Now the country is experiencing an epidemiological transition characterised by a baby boom, youth bulge and increasing longevity. Common wisdom would therefore suggest that Omanis will suffer less ill health. However, a survey of literature suggests that chronic non-communicable diseases are unexpectedly becoming common. This is possibly fuelled by some socio-cultural patterns specific to Oman, as well as the shortcomings of the ‘miracle’ of health and rapid modernisation. Unfortunately, such new diseases do not spare younger people; a proportion of them will need the type of care usually reserved for the elderly. In addition, due to their pervasive and refractory nature, these chronic non-communicable diseases seem impervious to the prevailing ‘cure-oriented’ health care system. This situation therefore calls for a paradigm shift: a health care system that goes beyond a traditional cure-orientation to provide care services for the chronically sick of all ages.
بيانات النشر
- المعرّف الرقمي
- 10.18295/2075-0528.1360
- المجلة
- مجلة جامعة السلطان قابوس الطبية, 12(2), 169-176
- الناشر
- جامعة السلطان قابوس
- وصول مفتوح
- وصول مفتوح ذهبي
- الترخيص
- CC BY-ND 4.0
اقتبس هذه المقالة
APA 7
Al Sinawi, H., Al-Alawi, M., Al-Harrasi, R., Ahmed, Al-Shafaee, M., & Al-Adawi, S. (2025). Emerging Burden of Frail Young and Elderly Persons in Oman: For whom the bell tolls? Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 12(2), 169-176. https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.1360
MLA 9
Al Sinawi, Hamed, et al. "Emerging Burden of Frail Young and Elderly Persons in Oman: For whom the bell tolls?" Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 12, no. 2, 2025, pp. 169-176. https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.1360.
شيكاغو (المؤلف–التاريخ)
Al Sinawi, Hamed, Mohammed Al-Alawi, Rehab Al-Harrasi, Ahmed, Mohammed Al-Shafaee, and Samir Al-Adawi. 2025. "Emerging Burden of Frail Young and Elderly Persons in Oman: For whom the bell tolls?" Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal 12 (2): 169-176. https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.1360.
هارفارد
Al Sinawi, H., Al-Alawi, M., Al-Harrasi, R., Ahmed, Al-Shafaee, M. and Al-Adawi, S. (2025) 'Emerging Burden of Frail Young and Elderly Persons in Oman: For whom the bell tolls?', Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 12(2), pp. 169-176. doi:10.18295/2075-0528.1360.
فانكوفر
Al Sinawi H, Al-Alawi M, Al-Harrasi R, Ahmed, Al-Shafaee M, Al-Adawi S. Emerging Burden of Frail Young and Elderly Persons in Oman: For whom the bell tolls? Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2025;12(2):169-176. doi:10.18295/2075-0528.1360
IEEE
H. Al Sinawi, M. Al-Alawi, R. Al-Harrasi, Ahmed, M. Al-Shafaee, and S. Al-Adawi, "Emerging Burden of Frail Young and Elderly Persons in Oman: For whom the bell tolls?," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 169-176, 2025, doi: 10.18295/2075-0528.1360.