Resultados: 10

Association between common mental disorders and quality of life in older adults

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the association between common mental disorder and quality of life in older adults. Method: cross-sectional study developed with a total of 721 Brazilian older adults between July and October 2020. Participants completed three instruments to assess bio sociodemographic, m...

Association between sexuality and quality of life in older adults

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the association between the experiences of sexuality and quality of life in older adults. Method: Cross-sectional study developed with a total of 300 older adults living in northeastern Brazil. Data collection was carried out entirely online between August and October 202...

Risk of violence and functional capacity of hospitalized elderly: a cross-sectional study

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the risk of violence associated to functional capacity and sociodemographic characteristics of hospitalized elderly. Method: Quantitative, cross-sectional, multicenter study conducted with elderly receiving care at university hospitals of the municipalities of João Pesso...

Implications of self-reported fragility on the quality of life of older adults: a cross-sectional study

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the association between self-reported fragility and quality of life in older adults. Method: Cross-sectional study carried out with Brazilian older adults between July and October 2020. Three instruments were applied to obtain bio sociodemographic, frailty data and qualit...

Analysis of the vaccination status of older adults

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the sociodemographic characteristics, functional capacity and vaccination status of older adults, and to verify the factors associated with the incomplete vaccination status and the absence of the vaccination card. Method: Cross-sectional and analytical study conducted w...

Construct validity and internal consistency of the Brazilian version of Leisure Attitude Measurement for the elderly

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the construct validity and internal consistency of the Brazilian version of Leisure Attitude Measurement for the elderly. Method: Methodological study with a quantitative approach. The data were collected for three months through domiciliary visits to a random and repres...

Quality of life of older adults admitted to a Medical Clinic Unit of a Public Hospital in Brazil

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 54 (), 2020
Abstract Objective: To evaluate the quality of life of older adults admitted to the Medical Clinic Unit of a public hospital in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, to correlate the quality of life with the functionality proposed by the Katz index, and to characterize the clinical and epidemiological profile of the...

Factors associated with the frequency of medical consultations by older adults: a national study

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 54 (), 2020
Abstract Objective: To analyze factors associated with the high frequency of medical consultations (five or more consultations) among older adult participants of the National Health Survey - 2013. Method: A quantitative cross-sectional study conducted with data from individuals aged 60 years and over...

Fragilidade física e velocidade da marcha em idosos da comunidade: uma revisão sistemática

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 52 (), 2018
RESUMO Objetivo: Identificar os desfechos dos estudos sobre velocidade da marcha e seu emprego como marcador de fragilidade física em idosos da comunidade. Método: Revisão sistemática da literatura realizada nas bases de dados LILACS, SciELO, MEDLINE/ PubMed, ScienceDirect, Scopus e ProQuest. Os es...

Arboviroses reemergentes: perfil clínico-epidemiológico de idosos hospitalizados

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 52 (), 2018
RESUMO Objetivo: Descrever o perfil clínico-epidemiológico de idosos hospitalizados com arboviroses. Método: Estudo documental, retrospectivo, de base populacional e descritivo, com abordagem quantitativa, realizado com idosos hospitalizados com diagnóstico de arbovirose em um hospital universitár...