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Disability on performing daily living activities in the elderly and history of ...
Drummond,Adriano; Pimentel,Wendel Rodrigo Teixeira; Pagotto,Valéria; Menezes,Ruth Losada deABSTRACT: Objective: The aim of this study was to verify the association between types of dependence for basic and instrumental activities of daily living and the occurrence of falls in the elderly. Methods: A cross-sectional, population-based study using data from 23,815 elderly people drawn from the National Health Survey (NHS) in 2013. The NHS, conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics...
Falls among Brazilian older adults living in urban areas: ELSI-Brazil
Pimentel,Wendel Rodrigo Teixeira; Pagotto,Valéria; Stopa,Sheila Rizzato; Hoffmann,Maria Cristina Corrêa Lopes; Andrade,Fabíola Bof deABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence and factors associated with falls in a nationally representative sample of older Brazilians residing in urban areas. METHODS Data from 4,174 participants (60 years or older) from the baseline of ELSI-Brazil, conducted between 2015 and 2016, were used. The outcome variable was the reporting of one or more falls in the last 12 months. The exploratory variables were soci...
Falls and quality of life: associated with emotional aspects in elderlies from ...
Pimentel,Wendel Rodrigo Teixeira; Pagotto,Valéria; Nakatani,Adélia Yaeko Kyosen; Pereira,Lílian Varanda; Menezes,Ruth Losada de<p><b>INTRODUCTION:</b> Falls are considered a public health problem due to its prevalence and consequences that may affect the elderly's quality of life (QL).<br> <b>AIM:</b> Analyze the relationship between falling by accident and the elderly QL.<br> <b>METHODOLOGY:</b> This is a cross-sectional study based on the population in Goiânia, with 914 elderlies of the community. The collected data addressed s...