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Osteopenia/Osteoporosis and Its Association with Sarcopenia: EpiFloripa Aging S...
Confortin,Susana Cararo; Ono,Lariane Mortean; Marques,Larissa Pruner; Ceolin,Gilciane; d'Orsi,Eleonora; Barbosa,Aline RodriguesObjective: To verify the association between sarcopenia and osteopenia/osteoporosis in the older population from Florianópolis, Southern Brazil. - Methods: A cross-sectional study with 598 older adults. The bone mineral density (BMD) was evaluated by total BMD, lumbar spine BMD (LS-BMD), femoral neck BMD (FN-BMD), and osteopenia/osteoporosis was defined when BMD (g/cm²) <1 standard deviation of the sample mean...
Sarcopenia, bone mineral density, and vitamin D: EpiFloripa aging study 2013/2014
Confortin,Susana Cararo; Ono,Lariane Mortean; Marques,Larissa Pruner; Figueiró,Thamara Hubler; Ceolin,Gilciane; Barbosa,Aline Rodrigues; d’Orsi,Eleonora<p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To verify associations between osteopenia/osteoporosis and vitamin D and sarcopenia in the older adult population of Florianópolis, Brazil.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> A cross-sectional population-based study, with 604 older adults (60 years and over). The appendicular muscle mass index (AMMI) was used to identify sarcopenia, with cutoffs of AMMI (Kg/m<sup>2</sup>) < 7.26 kg/m<sup>2</sup> for me...
Internação por queda em idosos residentes em Florianópolis, em Santa Catarina e...
Confortin,Susana Cararo; Andrade,Selma Regina de; Antes,Danielle Ledur; Marques,Larissa Pruner; Schneider,Ione Jayce CeolaResumo Introdução A queda pode causar graves problemas para os indivíduos, incluindo redução das atividades de vida diária e aumento do medo de andar e de sofrer outra queda, o que pode levar à hospitalização. Objetivo Analisar a tendência temporal de internações por quedas em idosos em Florianópolis, em Santa Catarina e no Brasil, no período de 2006 a 2014. Método Estudo de série temporal, com registros de int...
Estudo Longitudinal EpiFloripa Idoso – Rotinas de organização e protocolos refe...
Confortin,Susana Cararo; Schneider,Ione Jayce Ceola; Danielewicz,Ana Lúcia; Fassula,Angélica Scherlowski; Souza,Bianca Bittencourt deResumo Introdução Exames complementares podem contribuir para a compreensão da etiologia de agravos à saúde de idosos. Objetivo Descrever os aspectos operacionais e protocolos referentes à coleta, análise e armazenamento de material biológico, exames de imagem e capacidade físico-funcional. Método Estudo longitudinal, de base populacional, com 604 idosos (≥ 60 anos) do estudo EpiFloripa Idoso, em 2014. Foram co...
EpiFloripa Aging cohort study: methods, operational aspects, and follow-up stra...
Schneider,Ione Jayce Ceola; Confortin,Susana Cararo; Bernardo,Carla de Oliveira; Bolsoni,Carolina Carvalho; Antes,Danielle LedurABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the sample plan, operational aspects, and strategies used in the 2009/2010 and 2013/2014 EpiFloripa Aging Study. METHODS The EpiFloripa Aging is a population-based longitudinal study with 1,705 older adults (60 years or more) living in the municipality of Florianópolis, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, in 2009/2010 (baseline). The research was conducted with a face-to-face intervi...
Quality of life and its association with work, the Internet, participation in g...
Marques,Larissa Pruner; Schneider,Ione Jayce Ceola; d'Orsi,EleonoraAbstract: The study aimed to investigate the association between changes in social relations and physical activity on the quality of life of the elderly in the city of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina state, Brazil. Data on 1,197 elderly from two waves of the population and household survey, EpiFloripa Idoso, were analyzed. Multiple linear regression was performed to estimate association of social change variables...
Demographic, health conditions, and lifestyle factors associated with urinary i...
Marques,Larissa Pruner; Schneider,Ione Jayce Ceola; Giehl,Maruí Weber Corseuil; Antes,Danielle Ledur; d'Orsi,EleonoraOBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and factors associated with urinary incontinence in the elderly population of Florianópolis, in the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil. METHODS: We used data from EpiFloripa Idoso 2009/2010 survey, a cross-sectional population-based study including 1,705 elderly of both the sexes. Poisson's regression (crude and adjusted analysis) was applied to verify the association between...