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The perception of the elderly about suffering related to frailty
Silveira,Daniel Rocha; Giacomin,Karla Cristina; Dias,Rosângela Correa; Firmo,Josélia Oliveira AraújoAbstract Objective: To understand how elderly persons perceive subjective aspects linked to current and other life experiences related to the process of becoming frail. Method: A qualitative study, anchored in interpretative anthropology, was performed. The elderly were selected from the FIBRA Network database from those classified as robust or pre-frail, according to the frailty phenotype of Fried et al., in B...
The fabric of resilience among the elderly and the reinvention of the self desp...
Silveira,Daniel Rocha; Giacomin,Karla Cristina; Dias,Rosângela Correa; Firmo,Josélia Oliveira AraújoAbstract Objective :To seek an understanding of how frail elderly persons construct resilience. Method: The “signs, meanings and actions” model was used. The population was randomly selected among elderly persons classified as robust or pre-frail in the FIBRA-study, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Thirteen elderly persons (aged 69 to 86) were interviewed. Results: a) the construction of bonds - a healthy ...
Prevalence of low back pain in older Brazilians: a systematic review with meta-...
Leopoldino,Amanda Aparecida Oliveira; Diz,Juliano Bergamaschine Mata; Martins,Vítor Tigre; Henschke,Nicholas; Pereira,Leani Souza MáximoAbstract Introduction Prevalence of low back pain (LBP) is expected to increase worldwide with aging of the population but its prevalence in older people is not clear, mainly in developing countries. Objective To estimate the prevalence of LBP in older Brazilians. Methods Electronic searches on SciELO, LILACS, MEDLINE, EMBASE and CINAHL, as well as hand-searching identified studies investigating prevalence of L...
Impact of clinical and functional conditions on quality of life in old women wi...
Araujo,Marília Caixeta De; Dias,João Marcos Domingues; Vasconcelos,Karina Simone de Souza; Medeiros,Adriana Pedrita Pessoa; Santos,Carla MouraObesity is associated with functional disabilities and impairments of quality of life, and many factors affect this relationship. This study aimed at characterizing and identifying the impact of clinical and functional conditions on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in obese old women. The HRQoL was assessed by the questionnaires "Outcomes Study Short Form-36 Health Survey" (SF-36) and "Impact of Weight on...
Translation and cultural adaptation of the Minnesota Leisure Time Activities Qu...
Lustosa,Lygia Paccini; Pereira,Daniele Sirineu; Dias,Rosângela Correa; Britto,Raquel Rodrigues; Parentoni,Adriana Netto; Pereira,Leani Souza Máximo<p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To execute the process of translation and cultural adaptation of the Minnesota Leisure Time Activities Questionnaire for the Portuguese-Brazil and to verify its intra and inter-rater reliability in community-dwelling elderly.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> Thirty-nine elderly were evaluated (71.2 ± 6.8 y.), irrespective of gender, race and/or social class, being excluded those who had cognitive impair...
Adaptação transcultural do questionário VEINES/QOL-SYM: avaliação da qualidade ...
Moura,Regina Márcia Faria de; Gonçalves,Gabriela Silva; Navarro,Túlio Pinho; Britto,Raquel Rodrigues; Dias,Rosângela CorreaOBJETIVO: Adaptar transculturalmente e analisar as propriedades clinimétricas do VEINES-QOL⁄Sym, um questionário específico para avaliar a qualidade de vida e os sintomas na doença venosa crônica. MÉTODOS: O VEINES-QOL⁄Sym foi adaptado segundo metodologia recomendada e aplicado em 74 indivíduos (53,7±12,3 anos) com doença venosa crônica, assistidos ambulatorialmente. RESULTADOS: Os resultados evidenciaram boa c...
Impacto do grau de obesidade nos sintomas e na capacidade funcional de mulheres...
Vasconcelos,Karina Simone de Souza; Dias,João Marcos Domingues; Dias,Rosângela CorreaAs mulheres apresentam risco aumentado para a osteoartrite (OA) de joelhos e obesidade. Associadas, essas doenças podem gerar dor e prejuízos funcionais, principalmente em atividades de locomoção. Este estudo visou comparar o impacto do grau de obesidade nos sintomas e capacidade funcional de mulheres com OA de joelhos. Foram selecionadas 13 mulheres obesas (com índice de massa corporal - IMC>30 kg/m²) e 15 com...
Characteristics of instruments of functional assessment in the elderly persons ...
Silva,Adriana Letícia de Andrade; Chaimowicz,Flávio; Dias,Rosângela Correa; Freitas,Sílvia Nascimento; Nascimento,Raimundo Marques<p><b>BACKGROUND:</b> Independence level of elderly persons is highly associated to the ability to overcome deficits in cognition, humor, mobility and communication capacity domains and can be measured by instruments which appraise need of help to perform daily living activities.<br> <b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To assess characteristics of the Brazilian version of <i>Older Americans Resources and Services Multidimensiona...