The present study aimed at understanding the perception of older adults who are receiving palliative oncological care on self care in relation to different stages of the disease and how such perception affected their lives. This is a qualitative study using oral history conducted with 15 older adults receiving palliative chemotherapy treatment in a health institution. The following categories emerged: social ne...
OBJECTIVE: To describe the socio-demographic characteristics and quality of life of elderly patients with systemic arterial hypertension; to correlate the quality of life with the time of diagnosis and number of medication, as well as to compare the quality of life with the type of medication. METHOD: In this cross sectional home survey design, 460 elderly people from rural areas were involved. The data was col...
OBJETIVO: verificar la reproductibilidad inter e intraobservadores de la versión adaptada para Brasil de la Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS), en un grupo de ancianos domiciliados. METODOLOGÍA: para testar la reproductibilidad interobservador, fueron efectuadas dos evaluaciones de manera independiente por dos investigadores, en el mismo día pero en horas diferentes, en una muestra de 103 ancianos. Para la reproductibi...