This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and associated factors in 202 diabetic elderly assisted in primary care in Northeast Brazil. The prevalence corresponded to 73.6% and was associated with gender, alcohol consumption, nutritional status and energy expenditure in domestic activities. Considering the resoluteness of 80% of Primary Care, actions that value active a...
Sectional and observational study, which investigates access to medicine, socioeconomic and demographic profiles and their association with drug adherence to drug therapy in diabetic elderly assisted in a gerontogeriatric public service. Data were collected from 126 participants through structured interviews between February and September 2011. The results reveal that 47.6% of the elderly received their drug fr...
Objetivo: investigar a prevalência de sintomas depressivos entre idosos e possíveis fatores associados. Método: estudo observacional, descritivo e quantitativo, de corte transversal. A amostra foi constituída por 861 idosos, na comunidade, em centros-dia e em lares geriátricos em Coimbra, Portugal. Na coleta dos dados, foi utilizado um questionário estruturado, acerca das características sociodemográficas e do ...
Estudo observacional-seccional, que investiga o acesso aos medicamentos, perfil socioeconômico e demográfico e sua associação com a adesão terapêutica medicamentosa em idosos diabéticos assistidos em serviço público gerontogeriátrico. Os dados foram coletados com 126 participantes através de roteiro estruturado entre fevereiro a setembro de 2011. Os resultados revelam que 47,6% dos idosos recebiam o medicamento...
Sectional and observational study, which investigates access to medicine, socioeconomic and demographic profiles and their association with drug adherence to drug therapy in diabetic elderly assisted in a gerontogeriatric public service. Data were collected from 126 participants through structured interviews between February and September 2011. The results reveal that 47.6% of the elderly received their drug fr...
OBJECTIVE: Investigate the sexual satisfaction among older men assisted by the Brazilian family health care strategy in city of Recife. METHODOLOGICAL PROCEDURES: A sample of 245 men between 60 and 95 years, assisted by the family health care providers, was face-to-face interviewed, with semi-structured, anonymous, standardized questionnaires. RESULTS: The most were non-white (78%), catholic (67,2%), with media...
This article presents a teaching-learning experience about elderly people's health promotion in the family context, using problematization as the educational approach and employing the collective construction, discussion and presentation of a theatrical text. This experience involved the participation of researchers, technicians and students from the Elderly Healthcare Nucleus of the Federal University of Perna...