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Influenza vaccination and mortality profile of older adults in Brazil
Soares, Andresa Cunha; Furioso, Audrey Cecília Tonet; Moraes, Clayton Franco; Gomes, Lucy Oliveira; Nóbrega, Otávio ToledoThe present study aimed to verify the interplay between influenza vaccination and mortality rates due to respiratory diseases among Brazilian older adults. Observational study (longitudinal ecological type), using data obtained from secondary and ministerial public databases. Among the older adults, there was no correlation between cumulative vaccination coverage and mortality rates owing to respiratory disease...
Quality of life of elderly people before and during the COVID-19 pandemic and e...
Gomes, Lucy de Oliveira; Costa, Ana Luiza Patrício Ferreira; Ferreira, Wassery Augusto Santiago Laurindo; Costa, Ana Carolina CarvasThe present research aimed to know the opinions of a group of 67 elderly people who, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, were treated in university geriatric outpatient clinics, wondering about the feelings arising from the pandemic and the quality of life (QOL) in three moments (before and during the pandemic and the expectation of what it will be like in the post-pandemic). Less than a month after the quarantine ...
Right to elderly health in pandemic times: challenges imposed by Covid-19
Araújo, Simone Rodrigues da Silva; Moraes, Clayton FrancoThis is a narrative review, which aims to describe and critically and reflexively analyze the right to health of the elderly in times of pandemic of COVID-19. Conclusion: the pandemic caused by COVID-19 highlighted the right to health of the elderly, pointing out the need for comprehensive care, respect and human dignity, however it brought up some challenges that need to be overcome to provide this guarantee i...
Cognitive profile and associations among very old adults in an outpatient setti...
Silva, Henrique Salmazo; Chariglione, Isabelle Patriciá Freitas Soares; Oliveira, Maria Liz Cunha de; Gomes, Lucy de Oliveira; Moraes, Clayton FrancoThe aim was to investigate associations between the cognitive decline of very old adults in outpatient settings and sociodemographic variables, functional performance, chronic diseases, number of hospitalizations and access to health services. Very old adults (80 years and over) residing in the Federal District were interviewed, evaluated in an outpatient setting by means of standardized questionnaires and the ...
Professional education, knowledge and beliefs of Primary Health Care physicians...
Vieira, Aila Davis Fanstone Pina; Gomes, Lucy de Oliveira; Moraes, Clayton Franco; Nóbrega, Otávio ToledoThe increase in the elderly population, with the complex health problems that involve it, evidences the need to use Primary Health Care (APS), which should be the gateway to health care for the elderly. It is expected that the APS will carry out curative actions and, mainly, of prevention and health promotion in this age group. The objective of this study was to evaluate the professional training, basic knowled...
Prevalence use of potentially inappropriate drugs for elderly in Brazil: a sist...
Araujo, Bruno Gedeon; Moraes, Clayton Franco; Fonseca, Kárita Almeida daThe aging is related with use of drugs. This research is a systematic review about use of potentially inappropriate drugs for elderly evaluated by Beers Criteria. The prevalence’s range was 17 to 98,2% on home, ambulatory, hospital or nursing home samples. These data demonstrate that governmental politics are necessary to face the risks of drugs using by elderly in Brazil.; El envejecimiento generalmente está r...
Aging and elderly blood donors: prevalence and adverse reactions
Carvalho, Priscila Oliveira de; Gomes, Lucy de Oliveira; Moraes, Clayton Franco; Nóbrega, Otávio de Tôledo; Grangeiro, Adriano Filipe BarretoPrevalence and adverse reactions to blood donations were found in aging and elderly donors. Retrospective study with data from the computerized system of Hemocenter in Brasília. Of the 55636 donors, 6.3% were aging and 0.8% elderly. There was a lower prevalence of adverse reactions in the elderly, with no significant difference. Regarding the intensity of the reactions, they were mild in the elderly, mild and m...
Adverse reactions caused by drugs in the oral cavity of the elderly
Gomes, Lucy; Moraes, Clayton Franco; Chevalier, Anna Loianne NogueiraIntroduction: The individuals with advanced age are the ones who consume the greatest number of medications and, as consequence, adverse reactions to these drugs often occur, including in the oral cavity. Objective: These drug-related manifestations deserve attention of health professionals so that they are properly diagnosed and actions are taken to reduce or eliminate them. Material and methods: In this artic...
The relation between fear of falling and recent and old fall events
Lopes, Bruno Sousa; Ribeiro, Raynan dos Santos; Barros, Vinício dos Santos; Lopes, Marina El Afiouni; Gomes, Lucy; Moraes, Clayton FrancoThe aim of the study was to evaluate whether the fear of falling is related to episodes of recent and/or old falls. Cross-sectional study with 78 elderly, being applied to Falls Efficacy Scale – International adapted to Portuguese and collecting the history of falls. The elderly were divided into groups according to the number and timing of falls; and comparison tests were conducted. ; El objetivo del studio f...
Acute exercise performed close to the anaerobic threshold improves cognitive
Córdova, Cláudio Olavo de Almeida; Silva, V.C.; Moraes, Clayton Franco; Simões, Herbert Gustavo; Nóbrega, Otávio de ToledoMade available in DSpace on 2016-10-10T03:51:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 5 Acute exercise performed close to the anaerobic threshold improves cognitive performance in elderly females.pdf: 66150 bytes, checksum: 1118e8dee091e89ae06c8716638b3bcf (MD5) license_url: 52 bytes, checksum: 2f32edb9c19a57e928372a33fd08dba5 (MD5) license_text: 22213 bytes, checksum: a03e546c827bdf47d4a06cfce5c2fb1d (MD5) license_rdf: 2...