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FACTOR ANALYSIS OF THE MINNESOTA LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES QUESTIONNAIRE - BRAZIL...
Lustosa,Lygia Paccini; Silva,Silvia Lanziotti Azevedo da; Marra,Taís Almeida; Dias,João Marcos Domingues; Pereira,Leani Souza MáximoABSTRACT Introduction: Accurate measures of physical activity to establish dose-response relationship in health outcomes are still controversial. Scales that estimate caloric expenditure are proposed with a view to categorizing the phenomenon globally. Objective: To carry out a factor analysis of the structure of the Minnesota Leisure Time Activities Questionnaire - Brazilian Portuguese, and propose a new adapt...
Frailty and cognitive impairment among community-dwelling elderly
Alencar,Mariana Asmar; Dias,Joao Marcos Domingues; Figueiredo,Luisa Costa; Dias,Rosangela CorreaThe aim was to evaluate associations between frailty status and cognitive decline and the incidence of cognitive impairment over 12-month period. Two hundred seven older adults were assessed. Frailty was defined as having at least three of the following criteria: weight loss, weakness, exhaustion, slowness, and low level of activity. Cognitive decline was assessed using the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) ...
Comparison between different cut-off points in the classification of frailty pr...
Silva,Silvia Lanziotti Azevedo da; Silva,Vanessa Gomes da; Máximo,Leani Sousa; Dias,João Marcos Domingues; Dias,Rosangela Correa<p><b>INTRODUCTION:</b> The diagnosis of frailty in complex and difficult. The phenotype of Fried is a tool used to classify the elderly according to his or her profile of frailty. Among its five items, the reduction of grip strength, level of physical activity and slow gait speed may suffer influence of anthropometric characteristics of the population.<br> <b>OBJECTIVE:</b> Compare the frequency of frailty usi...