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Elderly caregivers of other elderly living with and without children: burden, o...
Oliveira,Nathalia Alves de; Souza,Érica Nestor; Luchesi,Bruna Moretti; Alexandre,Tiago da Silva; Inouye,Keika; Pavarini,Sofia Cristina IostAbstract This article aims to compare level of burden, optimism and coping strategies among elderly caregivers of other elderly individuals who reside with and without children. A cross-sectional study was with a sample of 301 elderly caregivers of elderly Brazilians seen in primary health care. Among the 301 caregivers interviewed, 44 resided with children and 257 did not. Evaluations involved the administrati...
Dificuldade em atividades de vida diária e necessidade de ajuda em idosos: disc...
Oliveira,Dayane Capra de; Oliveira,Cesar Messias de; Lima-Costa,Maria Fernanda; Alexandre,Tiago da SilvaResumo: Analisar se idosos com dificuldade ou necessidade de ajuda para desempenhar atividades básicas ou instrumentais de vida diária estão mais distanciados socialmente em tempos de COVID-19. Participaram das entrevistas telefônicas 4.035 idosos participantes da 2ª onda do Estudo Longitudinal de Saúde dos Idosos Brasileiros (ELSI-Brasil). Classificou-se a dificuldade, necessidade e recebimento de ajuda em: (1...
Pre-frailty, frailty and associated factors in older caregivers of older adults
Máximo,Roberta de Oliveira; Lopes,Ingrid Cristina; Brigola,Allan Gustavo; Luchesi,Bruna Moretti; Gratão,Aline Cristina Martins; Inouye,KeikaABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Providing care to an older adult is an activity that requires considerable physical effort and can cause stress and psychological strain, which accentuate factors that trigger the cycle of frailty, especially when the caregiver is also an older adult. However, few studies have analyzed the frailty process in older caregivers. OBJECTIVES To investigate the prevalence of pre-frailty, frailty...
Limited formal education is strongly associated with lower cognitive status, fu...
Brigola,Allan Gustavo; Alexandre,Tiago da Silva; Inouye,Keika; Yassuda,Monica Sanches; Pavarini,Sofia Cristina Iost; Mioshi,EneidaABSTRACT. Limited formal education is still common in ageing populations. Although limited formal education seems to be independently and negatively associated with cognition, functional abilities and frailty in ageing, no studies have examined whether the gradient of limited formal education has an impact on health in later life. Objective: to examine the relationship of limited formal education with cognitive...
Elderly and caregiver demand: proposal for a care need classification
Nunes,Daniella Pires; Brito,Tábatta Renata Pereira de; Corona,Ligiana Pires; Alexandre,Tiago da Silva; Duarte,Yeda Aparecida de OliveiraABSTRACT Objective: To propose a care need classification for elderly people by identifying their functional demands. Method: Cross-sectional study carried out in São Paulo, in 2006, with 1,413 elderly (≥ 60 years old), participants in the Health, Well-being and Aging study (SABE – Saúde, Bem Estar e Envelhecimento). For the care need classification, we used the Guttman Scaling method e the frequency of assista...
Prevalência e fatores associados à sarcopenia, dinapenia e sarcodinapenia em id...
Alexandre,Tiago da Silva; Duarte,Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira; Santos,Jair Lício Ferreira; Lebrão,Maria LúciaRESUMO: Objetivo: Estimar a prevalência e os fatores associados à sarcopenia, dinapenia e sarcodinapenia em idosos residentes no município de São Paulo. Métodos: Estudo transversal de base populacional envolvendo 1.168 idosos pertencentes à terceira onda do Estudo SABE (Saúde, Bem-Estar e Envelhecimento), em 2010. Foramconsiderados sarcopênicos os idosos com índice de massa muscular esquelética ≤ 8,90 kg/m2 par...
High burden and frailty: association with poor cognitive performance in older c...
Brigola,Allan Gustavo; Luchesi,Bruna Moretti; Alexandre,Tiago da Silva; Inouye,Keika; Mioshi,Eneida; Pavarini,Sofia Cristina IostAbstract Introduction: Older caregivers living in rural areas may be exposed to three vulnerable conditions, i.e., those related to care, their own aging, and their residence context. Objective: To analyze the association of burden and frailty with cognition performance in older caregivers in rural communities. Method: In this cross-sectional survey, 85 older caregivers who cared for dependent elders were inclu...
Comparison of the cognitive performance of elderly caregivers with and without ...
Terassi,Marielli; Rossetti,Estefani Serafim; Gramani-Say,Karina; Alexandre,Tiago da Silva; Hortense,Priscilla; Pavarini,Sofia Cristina IostAbstract OBJECTIVE Understanding and characterizing chronic pain in elderly caregivers, verifying the cognitive performance of the elderly of the sample and verifying whether there is difference in the cognitive performance of elderly caregivers with and without chronic pain. METHOD Participants were people aged 60 years or older who lived with another elderly person in the same household and who were registere...
Disability in instrumental activities of daily living among older adults: gende...
Alexandre,Tiago da Silva; Corona,Ligiana Pires; Nunes,Daniella Pires; Santos,Jair Lício Ferreira; Duarte,Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira; Lebrão,Maria LúciaOBJECTIVE To analyze gender differences in the incidence and determinants of disability regarding instrumental activities of daily living among older adults. METHODS The data were extracted from the Saúde, Bem-Estar e Envelhecimento (SABE – Health, Wellbeing and Ageing) study. In 2000, 1,034 older adults without difficulty in regarding instrumental activities of daily living were selected. The following charact...
Factors associated to quality of life in active elderly
Alexandre,Tiago da Silva; Cordeiro,Renata Cereda; Ramos,Luiz RobertoOBJECTIVE: To analyze whether quality of life in active, healthy elderly individuals is influenced by functional status and sociodemographic characteristics, as well as psychological parameters. METHODS: Study conducted in a sample of 120 active elderly subjects recruited from two open universities of the third age in the cities of São Paulo and São José dos Campos (Southeastern Brazil) between May 2005 and Apr...