Objective: to analyze functional disability and its associated factors among community-dwelling older adults. Method: a cross-sectional study, conducted with 1,635 older adults distributed in the following age groups: 60 to 69, 70 to 79, and 80 years old or more, living in a health macro-region of the s...
Objetivou-se comparar a qualidade de vida dos idosos hospitalizados segundo o status de fragilidade. Trata-se de um estudo observacional, analítico, transversal, com 255 idosos hospitalizados, no interior de Minas Gerais. Utilizaram-se: instrumento estruturado para os d...
Objectives: to identify the prevalence of frailty among inpatient older adults in a clinical hospital and check the association of the socioeconomic and clinical characteristics with the state of frailty. Method: observational, cross-sectional and analytical study, conducted with 255 hospitalized patient...
METHODS: this cross-sectional, observational and analytical household survey was conducted with 958 elderly individuals living in the urban area. The Brazilian version of the Functional Assessment Questionnaire and Multidimensional Scales (Depression, Katz and Lawton brief geriatric versions) were used, ...
Este estudo objetivou descrever as características sociodemográficas e econômicas, as condições de saúde, a capacidade funcional, a utilização dos serviços de saúde e as atividades de lazer de mulheres octogenárias e verificar a associação do número de incapacidades funcionais e do número ...