To examine changes in body mass index (BMI) among older Brazilian adults and associated factors. Longitudinal, population-based study, conducted in São Paulo, Brazil. Adults aged 60 years or over (n = 1,796) from the first wave of data collection from the Health, Well-Being, and Aging Study (SABE Project) conducted from 2000 to 2010. Repeated mixed-effects linear regression was used to analyze longitudinal chan...
Abstract Background Frailty is considered one of the major conditions faced by ageing societies. Little has been reported about the transitions between the different frailty states in developing countries. Objective This study aimed to identify the factors associated with transitions between frailty states between 2006 and 2010 among older adults in Brazil. Method The present investigation is part of the SABE s...
Abstract Background Frailty is considered one of the major conditions faced by ageing societies. Little has been reported about the transitions between the different frailty states in developing countries. Objective This study aimed to identify the factors associated with transitions between frailty states between 2006 and 2010 among older adults in Brazil. Method The present investigation is part of the SABE s...
Resumo Objetivou-se identificar a prevalência da violência doméstica contra idosos não institucionalizados e verificar se esta é um fator independente associado aos Componentes Físico (CF) e Mental (CM) da Qualidade de Vida Relacionada à Saúde (QVRS) desses idosos. É um estudo epidemiológico transversal e de base populacional integrante do Estudo SABE (Saúde, Bem-Estar e Envelhecimento). A amostra foi de 1.126 ...
RESUMO: Objetivo: Avaliar a associação da síndrome metabólica (SM) com a atividade física e as condições socioeconômicas entre idosos não institucionalizados. Metodologia: Estudo transversal com idosos (≥ 60) não institucionalizados e residentes na cidade de São Paulo (SP). A SM foi classificada com base nos critérios da National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III. Realizou-se analise descr...
<p>Despite all efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, little attention has been paid to homes for the aged, which are the home of thousands of older people and serve as social care facilities. There is no provision in the national regulations for the operation of these long-term care facilities with respect to physical structure, human resources or equipment to offer specific health care services t...
Abstract: Oral impairments can affect overall health and life expectancy in older adults. Our study evaluates the life expectancy with negative physical oral health impact on quality of life (POHIQoL) among older adults. Life expectancy with negative POHIQoL was estimated by the Sullivan method, using the prevalence of POHIQoL - obtained in the Health, Well-being and Ageing (SABE Study); and official mortality ...
Este estudo objetiva apresentar as etapas relacionadas à utilização de algoritmos de machine learning para análises preditivas em saúde. Para isso, foi realizada uma aplicação com base em dados de idosos residentes no Município de São Paulo, Brasil, participantes do estudo Saúde Bem-estar e Envelhecimento (SABE) (n = 2.808). A variável resposta foi representada pela ocorrência de óbito em até cinco anos após o ...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Constipation is understood to be a chronic problem related to a multi-functional disorder that affects approximately 20% of the world population, and it is more prevalent in women and in the elderly. Objective: To measure the prevalence of intestinal constipation in elderly people living in São Paulo, as well as the factors associated with this condition. Methods: This was a cross-section...
Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é avaliar a associação entre a anemia e algumas atividades de vida diária associadas à alimentação e o relato de dificuldade de mastigação e deglutição. Estudo transversal, que analisou 1.256 indivíduos de 60 anos ou mais, que fizeram parte da terceira coleta do Estudo SABE (Saúde, Bem-estar e Envelhecimento). Considerou-se anêmicos homens com hemoglobina sanguínea ≤ 13g/dL e mulh...