CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Muscle strength and functional independence are considered to be determinants of frailty levels among elderly people. The aim here was to compare lower-limb muscle strength (LLMS) with functional independence in relation to sex, age and number of frailty criteria, and to ascertain the influence of these variables on elderly outpatients' independence.DESIGN AND SETTING: Quantitative cross-...
This study aimed at assessing beliefs about the benefits and barriers to adherence to daily self-monitoring of weight/edema in patients with heart failure, and the influence of demographic and clinical variables on those beliefs. 105 patients were interviewed. The mean of the subscales Benefits and Barriers were 20.2 (± 5.7) and 30.1 (±7.1), respectively. Patients perceived that adherence to daily self-monitori...
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES Falls are a serious public health problem and are one of the biggest reasons for hospitalization, morbidity and mortality among elderly people. Moreover, few studies on predictors of falls have been conducted in low and middle income countries. The aim here was to identify elderly outpatient profiles according to sociodemographic, clinical, physical and functional variables and correlate ...
<p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To trace the profile of frail elderly who are attended in a reference outpatient service considering the associated diseases and the use of medicines.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> The criteria of Fried et al. (2001) had been used in association with the diagnosis of confirmed chronic disease, as well as the effectively used medicines in 151 elders of the Geriatric Outpatients Service of the Clinic H...
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Sarcopenia is the main factor involved in the development of frailty syndrome. The aims here were to investigate relationships between lower-limb muscle strength and the variables of sex, age and frailty criteria; compare lower-limb muscle strength with each frailty criterion; and assess the power of each criterion for estimating the risk of frailty among elderly outpatients. DESIGN AND S...
OBJETIVO: Avaliar a qualidade de vida relacionada à Saúde em idosos com insuficiência cardíaca. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal realizado em dois hospitais universitários. Foram entrevistados 170 idosos com insuficiência cardíaca em seguimento ambulatorial. Para avaliar a qualidade de vida, foi utilizado o instrumento Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire. RESULTADOS: Os resultados do estudo apontaram m...
OBJETIVO: Avaliar a influêrcia da acuidade visual nas atividades instrumentais de vida diária em idosos em seguimento ambulatorial. MÉTODOS: Foram entrevistados, por meio de instrumento próprio, 64 idosos em seguimento ambulatorial num hospital universitário de Campinas/SP. Os sujeitos foram divididos em dois grupos, conforme os valores obtidos na medida da AV: o grupo I, composto pelos idosos com visão normal ...
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) instruments have been greatly used among patients with heart failure (HF), although few of them are specific for elderly people. Among the generic instruments, the Medical Study 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) is widely used. The aim here was to evaluate HRQoL among elderly individuals with HF through this generic instrument. DESIGN AND SETT...
Este estudo objetivou avaliar a adesão ao tratamento medicamentoso em idosos em seguimento ambulatorial e identificar os fatores relacionados a esta adesão. Foram entrevistados 165 idosos em seguimento ambulatorial no Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), São Paulo. Utilizou-se instrumento próprio, com informações relativas à identificação dos sujeitos, dados de saúde autorreferi...
Este estudo teve como objetivos: 1. Identificar as atividades de lazer disponíveis no hospital e as realizadas pelos idosos; 2. Relacionar a internação com a participação nas atividades de lazer; 3. Avaliar os fatores que motivam e impedem a participação nestas atividades. Trata-se de uma pesquisa descritiva/exploratória, com 100 idosos hospitalizados. As atividades disponíveis foram: televisão e revistas. A ma...