<p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To correlate anthropometric measurements, lipid profile, cardiorespiratory fitness, and visceral adiposity index (VAI) in sedentary obese older women.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> Twenty-seven insufficiently active and overweight older women were included in this cross-sectional study. We evaluated their anthropometric profile (body weight and stature, body mass index, waist and hip circumferences) ...
ABSTRACT Objective To identify interventions aimed to improve adherence to medical and non-medical antihypertensive and antidiabetic therapy. Methods Scientometric study conducted in February and March 2018, based on data collected on PubMed ® and SciELO databases, using the following search terms: “interventions to improve adherence to diabetes therapy”, “interventions to improve adherence to hypertension ther...
Resumo A fratura de fêmur afeta os idosos apresentando alta morbimortalidade. O objetivo do estudo foi analisar o perfil da assistência à fratura de fêmur em idosos, relacionando às condições socioeconômicas e demográficas, no Paraná entre os anos 2008 a 2013. As relações foram obtidas por meio de análise fatorial e construção dos índices: PAI - potencial de atenção ao idoso, cuja variável foi representada pelo...
Abstract Health promotion is a set of strategies that aim to improve the quality of life of individuals and populations. Since these strategies are based on social determinants of health, it is important to identify vulnerability issues in order to explore their impact on health care. The present study describes a case study showing the perception of women on poverty as violence and social vulnerability and the...
ABSTRACT The approval of the More Doctors Program has triggered a number of readjustments of the National Curricular Guidelines (DCNs) for Medical Education, like the creation of a mental health internship integrated into the health service and community. Due to this demand, the higher education institutions have been encouraged to innovate in their teaching-learning methodologies in order to guarantee a genera...
Abstract Objective: To elaborate and validate an instrument for the admission of the elderly to long-term care facilities. Method: A methodological study was performed, divided into two phases, the first of which was the elaboration of the instrument based on a literature review of research published in journals indexed in SciELO and in databases such as Medline, LILACS, IBECS, Embase and books related to geron...
<p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To analyze the behavior of blood pressure and heart rate in elderly people practicing physical exercises in Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> 70 elderly volunteers were evaluated, 41 women and 29 men, with a mean age of 67.2 ± 6.6 and 65.9 ± 12.3 years, respectively. They performed three minutes of exercise on the selected equipment, evaluated by means of a frequency meter and by...
Resumo: O aumento da população idosa leva a uma crescente demanda por serviços de saúde e expansão dos gastos, com consequências relevantes sobre a estabilidade econômica. Nesse contexto, o objetivo do estudo foi analisar o perfil das morbidades e gastos hospitalares com idosos em relação às condições socioeconômicas e demográficas do Paraná, Brasil, no período de 2008 a 2012, aplicando-se a análise fatorial em...
Resumo Objetivou-se avaliar o nível do conhecimento e sistematização da produção científica vinculada à Política Nacional da Promoção da Saúde (PNPS) após dez anos de sua implementação. Estudo cienciométrico da literatura científica nacional e internacional sobre a PNPS nas bases PubMed e SciELO. A pesquisa foi realizada no mês de dezembro de 2015, utilizando o termo “política nacional de promoção da saúde”, qu...