Resultados: 5

Using structural equation modeling in the understanding of functional disability in older adults

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...

Qualidade de vida e fragilidade entre idosos hospitalizados

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...

Association of socioeconomic and clinical variables with the state of frailty among older inpatients

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...

Factors associated with the frailty syndrome in elderly individuals living in the urban area

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, ...

Características sociodemográficas, econômicas e de saúde de idosas octogenárias

Ciênc. cuid. saúde; 8 (3), 2009
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 ...