Tertiary Prevention Disadvantages

Prevention is a method that focuses and aims at reducing the condition of a disease or limits the implications associated with a disease and result in improving and preserving the populations’ health(1). Four different types of levels can lead to this method. Which are Primordial prevention, Primary prevention, Secondary prevention and Tertiary prevention. Generally, Primordial prevention is to minimize the risks that may threaten a patient’s health(1). Like, controlling the aspects that may have a negative impacts on an individual. These negative impacts are as follows environmental, economic, social, behavioral and cultural(1). The second level of prevention, primary prevention, aims to lower the occurrence probability of an incident disease(1).

Namely, improving depressive status in older people without any adverse events. Also, it is important to realize that physical exercise improves the health in general. In fact, it decreases the occurrence of heart diseases, hypertension and osteoporosis. Moreover, improves memory, mood and social networking. As comorbidity is common in older people with increase in age, another significant outcome was decrease in , , mobility, muscle power, strength and functional status overall decrease. The risk of injury and joint stiffness increase. However, what is advantageous about strength training that it has been shown to prevent this among frail older people and both aerobic and resistance training can improve functional status.

On the other hand, there are other factors that may have a negative impact on the benefits resulting from the program. One of the disadvantages would be the duration of the solution in achieving better and noticeable outcomes is considered to be along term solution. In other words it takes 6 months in total for an effective result to occur. Henceforth, adherence and self-discipline may be an obstacle that will be encountered during the program. However, this can be solved by the General Practitioners (GPs) where they can monitor the attendance of the patients.

Also, there can be assigned nurses to remind them of the session in advance by calling