This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a behavior change program, called Vida Ativa Melhorando a Saúde (Active Life Improving Health - VAMOS), on cardiometabolic risk factors in adult women. Study participants (> 18 years) were divided into two groups: intervention group (IG) and control group (CG). The GI participated in VAMOS, in 2016 and 2018, for three months, with 12 face-to-face meetings, on...
This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness and maintenance of the behavior change program "VAMOS", version 2.0, on behavioral and health outcomes in Brazilian users (≥ 18 years) of Primary Health Care (PHC) in Florianópolis, state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. A pragmatic clinical trial was carried out between 2016 and 2019 in Basic Health Units, with 265 users allocated in the intervention group (...
Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Desportos, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Física, Florianópolis, 2021.; Este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar o impacto da implementação do ?Programa Vida Ativa Melhorando a Saúde ? VAMOS?, versão 2.0, na Atenção Primária à Saúde (APS) de Florianópolis, Santa Catarina - Brasil, considerando a renda (local) e o ambiente construído (aces...
The study the type randomized clinical trial that verified the association of muscle strength with the risk of falls of elderly residents in long-term care facilities for the institutionalized elderly. The elderly were divided into control group (G1) and group intervention (G2) and evaluated in the baseline and post intervention. By means of Timed Up and Go Test (TUGT), strength check of the hold Manual (FPM) ...
This study aimed to identify the concepts that a group of nurses is about active aging. This is an exploratory and descriptive research with qualitative approach, performed with nurses who work in Basic Health Units in a city in the north part of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Using the focus group technique was verified that nurses understand that active aging is related and is built in a dependency understanding ...
Human aging must be understood in all its breadth and totality, since it is a universal biological phenomenon with psychological and social consequences of the most diverse, featuring a stage of life. The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the gait and balance pre institutionalized elderly and post exercise program. This is a quasi-experimental study involving 15 elderly residents in a long-sta...
Introdução: Os efeitos prejudiciais envolvendo medicamentos pela população idosa impulsionam pesquisas para desenvolvimento e aplicação de diversos métodos e instrumentos para identificar padrões inadequados de prescrição e uso. Objetivo: Avaliar a polimedicação e as doenças crônicas apresentadas por idosos de uma instituição de longa permanência. Materiais e Métodos: Estudo transversal, por meio de análise de ...