Objective: To explore the conditions of health and wellness in older adults beneficiaries to ISSSTE and IMSS of the Southwest Mexico City.
Material and methods: Cross-sectional study samples of users to health services in primary care ISSSTE (n = 161) and IMSS (n = 176) in Southwest Mexico City. Were determined chronic health conditions, cognitive function, depressive symptoms, use of health services, nutritional status, functioning and disability and quality of life related to health.
Results: It is observed that there is a difference between samples ISSSTE vs. IMSS in comorbidity conditions (ISSSTE 53.4% vs. IMSS 57.9%), nutritional status (malnutrition risk ISSSTE 25.8% us. IMSS 36.4%; overweight ISSSTE 23.3% vs. IMSS 11.6%) (p < 0.05). There were no differences between samples IMSS us. ISSSTE in cognitive function, depression, use of health services, abdominal obesity, functioning and disability, and quality of life related to health.
Conclusions: The conditions of health and wellness in older adults beneficiaries to ISSSTE and IMSS users are similar, with meaning in comorbidity conditions, nutritional status.