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Difficulty in taking medication and stroke among older adults with systemic art...
Torres,Juliana Lustosa; Neri,Anita Liberalesso; Ferrioli,Eduardo; Lourenço,Roberto Alves; Lustosa,Lygia PacciniAbstract This article aims to investigate whether difficulty in taking medication is associated with stroke among older adults with Systemic Arterial Hypertension (SAH) and to explore their association with living arrangements. Cross-sectional study was based on 3,502 older adults with SAH from the four universities pole of Frailty in Brazilian Older People (Fibra) Study, Brazil, including 14 municipalities of ...
Predisposição a formas graves de COVID-19 e adesão às medidas de prevenção: o p...
Ygnatios,Nair Tavares Milhem; Andrade,Fabíola Bof de; Lima-Costa,Maria Fernanda; Torres,Juliana LustosaResumo Objetivou-se verificar a adesão às medidas de prevenção em idosos com maior predisposição a formas graves de COVID-19 e sua associação e interação com o apoio social. Trata-se de um estudo transversal realizado em amostra de 3.477 participantes do inquérito telefônico do Estudo Longitudinal da Saúde dos Idosos Brasileiros (iniciativa ELSI-COVID-19), que informaram ter saído de casa na semana anterior à r...
The Brazilian LGBT+ Health Survey: methodology and descriptive results
Torres,Juliana Lustosa; Gonçalves,Gabriela Persio; Pinho,Adriana de Araújo; Souza,Maria Helena do NascimentoThe understanding of health care demands and possible access barriers may support policymaking and best practices targeting the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and related identities (LGBT+) population. The aims of the Brazilian LGBT+ Health Survey were to characterize the LGBT+ population during the COVID-19 pandemic and to specify the characteristics of the COVID-19 pandemic in this population. This is a...
Fatores associados à busca por serviços preventivos de saúde entre adultos bras...
Silva,Silvia Lanziotti Azevedo da; Torres,Juliana Lustosa; Peixoto,Sérgio VianaResumo O objetivo deste artigo é verificar os fatores associados à busca por serviços preventivos de saúde pela população adulta brasileira. A amostra foi composta por participantes da Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde (2013), que relataram procura por algum serviço de saúde nos últimos 15 dias, classificado em “tratamento/diagnóstico” ou “preventivo”. As variáveis exploratórias incluíram sexo, faixa etária, cor de pe...
Manutenção do trabalho e presença de condições crônicas em idosos comunitários:...
Torres,Juliana Lustosa; Castro,Camila Menezes Sabino de; Lustosa,Lygia PacciniResumo Este estudo transversal foi conduzido em uma amostra probabilística de 597 idosos comunitários residentes em Belo Horizonte, com o objetivo de avaliar quais condições crônicas apresentam associações independentes com a permanência do idoso no mercado de trabalho, a fim de verificar a influência de cada uma isoladamente. A análise multivariada foi baseada em modelos de regressão de Poisson, com variância ...
Depressive symptoms, emotional support and activities of daily living disabilit...
Torres,Juliana Lustosa; Castro-Costa,Erico; Mambrini,Juliana Vaz de Melo; Peixoto,Sérgio William Viana; Diniz,Breno Satler de OliveiraPsychosocial factors appear to be associated with increased risk of disability in later life. However, there is a lack of evidence based on long-term longitudinal data from Western low-middle income countries. We investigated whether psychosocial factors at baseline predict new-onset disability in long term in a population-based cohort of older Brazilians adults. We used 15-year follow-up data from 1,014 partic...
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...
Functional performance and social relations among the elderly in Greater Metrop...
Torres,Juliana Lustosa; Dias,Rosângela Corrêa; Ferreira,Fabiane Ribeiro; Macinko,James; Lima-Costa,Maria FernandaThis study was conducted in a probabilistic sam- ple of 2,055 elderly in Greater Metropolitan Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, to examine components of social network (conjugal status and visits by the children, other relatives, and friends) and social support (satisfaction with personal relations and having persons on whom to rely) associated with limitations in performing basic activities of daily ...
Association between self-rated health and frailty in elderly
Torres,Juliana Lustosa; Dias,Rosângela Corrêa; Silva,Silvia Lanziotti Azevedo da<p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To evaluate the association between frailty and self-rated health in community-dwelling elderly.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> 79 male and female subjects, aged 65 years or older, living in Belo Horizonte-MG, volunteered for the study. It was administered "rede Fibra" questionnaire from December 2008 to may 2009, by interviewers previously trained. Self-rated health was measured through five question...