A reduction in social activities can result in incapacities and worsening of quality of life. The present study aimed to characterize elderly subjects, describe their level of advanced activities of daily living and identify the change between activity levels (improvement, stability, worsening) and the predictors of change in advanced activities of daily living levels. This is a longitudinal study carried out w...
Objetivo: descrever as fases do processo de potencialização de um grupo de terceira idade de uma comunidade rural. Método: pesquisa convergente assistencial cujo fundamento é utilizar o espaço da prática. Conduzida com a proposta de mudar a práxis de 21 idosos e nove profissionais de saúde, com vistas a sua potencialização para a promoção da saúde. Os dados foram coletados durante 22 encontros, além de entrevis...
Objective: to describe the socioeconomic characteristics of the elderly according to cognitive status, and, to associate the cognitive decline with functional disability and depression indicative among the elderly. Methods: this is a quantitative, retrospective and observational study with 92 elderly. The used instruments were: Mini Examination of Mental State; Katz Index; Lawton and Brody Scale and Abbreviated...
Objetivo: descrever as características socioeconômicas dos idosos segundo status cognitivo, e; associar o declínio cognitivo com a incapacidade funcional e o indicativo de depressão entre idosos. Métodos: estudo quantitativo, retrospectivo e observacional com 92 idosos. Foram utilizados os instrumentos: Mini Exame do Estado Mental; Índice de Katz; Escala de Lawton e Brody e Escala de Depressão Geriátrica Abrevi...
Objective: to describe the socioeconomic characteristics of the elderly according to cognitive status, and, to associate the cognitive decline with functional disability and depression indicative among the elderly. Methods: this is a quantitative, retrospective and observational study with 92 elderly. The used instruments were: Mini Examination of Mental State; Katz Index; Lawton and Brody Scale and Abbreviated...
Aim: to describe the use of contraceptive methods and the factors related to the planning of last pregnancy among mothers. Method: quantitative study, with 100 women admitted to a university hospital from the countryside of of Minas Gerais. Data were collected through structured instrument, from July to August 2012. For data analysis descriptive and chi-square test statistic was used. Results: all mothers who p...
The aim of this study was to compare the quality of life of hospitalized elderly patients according to the frailty status. An observational, analytical, cross-sectional study was conducted with 255 elderly patients in a city in the state of Minas Gerais. Fried frailty phenotype, WHOQOL-BREF, WHOQOL-OLD, and a structured instrument were used for socioeconomic and clinical data. Descriptive analysis and ANOVA-F t...
Household survey, cross-sectional and observational study that aimed to verify the socio-demographic factors and self-reported morbidities associated with urinary incontinence (UI). The research was carried out between August and December 2008 with 2,142 elderly people. We used a semi-structured instrument, and performed a descriptive analysis and logistic regression (p<0.05). Most were female and with income o...
Objetivos: identificar la prevalencia de fragilidad entre ancianos ingresados en un Hospital de Clínicas y verificar la asociación de las características socioeconómicas y clínicas con el estado de fragilidad. Método: estudio observacional, analítico y transversal, conducido con 255 ancianos hospitalizados. Se utilizaron: instrumento estructurado para los datos socioeconómicos y clínicos y fenotipo de fragilida...
The goal of the present study is to compare sociodemographic, economic and health perception variables among 374 elderly individuals inhabitants of a rural area, divided in two groups: 187 displaying depression indicators and 187 without. The study used: Mini Mental State Exam, part of the Older Americans Resources and Services, and the Abbreviated Geriatric Depression Scale. Analysis was carried out using desc...