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Uso dos serviços de saúde e adesão ao distanciamento social por adultos com doe...
Malta,Deborah Carvalho; Gomes,Crizian Saar; Silva,Alanna Gomes da; Cardoso,Laís Santos de Magalhães; Barros,Marilisa Berti de AzevedoResumo Este estudo investiga a associação entre diagnóstico autorreferido de Doença Crônica Não Transmissível (DCNT) e adesão ao distanciamento social e utilização dos serviços de saúde durante a pandemia de COVID-19. Estudo transversal com adultos brasileiros que participaram da ConVid Pesquisa de Comportamentos, realizada de 24 de abril a 24 de maio de 2020, via web (n = 45.161). Considerou as DCNT: diabetes,...
Primary care and healthcare utilization among older Brazilians (ELSI-Brazil)
Macinko,James; Andrade,Fabíola Bof de; Souza Junior,Paulo Roberto Borges de; Lima-Costa,Maria FernandaABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To characterize healthcare access and utilization among older Brazilians. METHODS Data are from the baseline wave of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil), which is a nationally representative, population-based cohort study of persons aged 50 years and older conducted in 2015/2016 (n = 9,412). The prevalence of barriers to primary care and number and type of doctor visits in...
Physical activity practice among older adults: results of the ELSI-Brazil
Peixoto,Sérgio Viana; Mambrini,Juliana Vaz de Melo; Firmo,Josélia Oliveira Araújo; Loyola Filho,Antônio Ignácio de; Souza Junior,Paulo Roberto Borges deABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence of the practice of physical activity (PA) among older Brazilian adults and associated factors. In addition, potential effect modifiers of the association between PA and age were investigated. METHODS We have analyzed data from 8,736 participants (92.8%) aged 50 and older from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil). Physical activity was measured usi...
Frailty profile in Brazilian older adults: ELSI-Brazil
Andrade,Juliana Mara; Duarte,Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira; Alves,Luciana Correia; Andrade,Flávia Cristina Drumond; Souza Junior,Paulo Roberto Borges deABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of frailty and to evaluate the associated factors in the non-institutionalized Brazilian population aged 50 years or older. METHODS The analyses were conducted in 8,556 participants of the baseline survey of the Longitudinal Study of Health of the Brazilian Elderly (ELSI-Brazil) conducted in 2015 and 2016. Frailty was defined based on five characteristics: weight lo...
Inequalities in basic activities of daily living among older adults: ELSI-Brazi...
Andrade,Fabíola Bof de; Duarte,Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira; Souza Junior,Paulo Roberto Borges de; Torres,Juliana Lustosa; Lima-Costa,Maria FernandaABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate the magnitude of wealth-related inequalities in basic activities of daily living among community-dwelling Brazilian older adults and to determine the contribution of demographic, socioeconomic, and health conditions to the inequality. METHODS We used data from the 2015 Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil) with a nationally representative sample of adults aged 50 yea...
Cost-related underuse of medications in older adults: ELSI-Brazil
Loyola Filho,Antônio Ignácio de; Firmo,Josélia Oliveira Araújo; Mambrini,Juliana Vaz de Melo; Peixoto,Sérgio Viana; Souza Junior,Paulo Roberto Borges deABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence and factors associated with cost-related underuse of medications in a nationally representative sample of Brazilians aged 50 years and over. METHODS Among the 9,412 participants of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil), 6,014 reported using at least one medication on regular basis and were included in the analysis. Underuse of medications was by stop...
Life course socioeconomic inequalities and oral health status in later life: EL...
Andrade,Fabíola Bof de; Antunes,José Leopoldo Ferreira; Souza Junior,Paulo Roberto Borges de; Lima-Costa,Maria Fernanda; Oliveira,Cesar deABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between life course socioeconomic conditions and two oral health outcomes (edentulism and use of dental prostheses among individuals with severe tooth loss) among older Brazilian adults. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study with data from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil) which includes information on persons aged 50 years or older resi...
Cognitive function among older adults: ELSI-Brazil results
Castro-Costa,Erico; Lima-Costa,Maria Fernanda; Andrade,Fabíola Bof de; Souza Junior,Paulo Roberto Borges de; Ferri,Cleusa PinheiroABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To investigate macroregional variations in cognitive function in a national sample representative of the Brazilian population aged 50 years and older. METHODS Data from the baseline of the Longitudinal Study of Brazilian Elderly (ELSI-Brazil), collected between 2015 and 2016, were used. Memory was measured by means of a 10-word list and executive function, by semantic verbal fluency, based on...
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...
Multimorbidity: The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil)
Nunes,Bruno Pereira; Batista,Sandro Rogério Rodrigues; Andrade,Fabíola Bof de; Souza Junior,Paulo Roberto Borges de; Lima-Costa,Maria FernandaABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate the occurrence and factors associated with multimorbidity among Brazilians aged 50 years and over. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study in a nation-based cohort of the non-institutionalized population in Brazil. Data were collected between 2015 and 2016. Multimorbidity was assessed from a list of 19 morbidities, which were categorized into ≥ 2 and ≥ 3 diseases. The analysis inc...