Resultados: 419

Prevalence and factors associated with locomotive syndrome in community-dwelling older adults

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze prevalence and the factors associated with locomotive syndrome in community-dwelling older adults. Method: a cross-sectional study, developed in a municipal center for the care of older adults in Teresina, Piauí, Brazil. The sample was for convenience and comprised 204...

Metamorfosis in the lives of elderly people caring for dependent elderly in Brazil

ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the phenomenon concerning the change in life and routine of elderly family caregivers who care for dependent elderly family members in Brazil. Method: qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study, developed with 33 elderly family caregivers, from June to September 20...

Força de preensão manual: marcador de fragilidade física em idosos submetidos ao exame de aptidão para habilitação veicular

Resumo: Estudo do tipo quantitativo de corte transversal, cujo objetivo foi investigar a associação entre a condição de fragilidade física de idosos, determinada pelo marcador força de preensão manual, e os resultados finais do exame de aptidão física e mental para habilitação veicular. O estu...

Cognitive impairment and physical frailty in older adults in secondary health care

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the association between cognitive impairment and physical frailty in older adults in secondary health care. Method: This is a cross-sectional study carried out with people aged ≥ 60 years, assisted at a geriatric and gerontology outpatient clinic. For cognitive scre...

Interventions to prevent elder abuse in the community: a mixed-methods systematic review

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the interventions proposed in the literature aimed at preventing elder abuse among community-residing elders. Method: This was a mixed-methods systematic review that followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols checklist. The p...

Incidence of delirium following hospitalization of elderly people with fractures: risk factors and mortality

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the incidence, risk factors for delirium, and its association with death in the elderly hospitalized with fractures. Method: Prospective cohort, with a one-year follow-up of elderly people with clinical or radiological diagnosis of fracture, from an emergency and trauma ...

Existential transformations in the process of facing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by the family caregiver

ABSTRACT Objective To understand the existential transformations of the family caregiver of a person living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Method Qualitative study based on assumptions of Martin Heidegger Existential Phenomenology, with 12 family caregivers of the person with Amyotrophic Lateral S...

Physical restraint in elderly in home care: a cross-sectional study

ABSTRACT Objective To estimate the prevalence of mechanical restraint and factors associated with its practice in elderly in Home Care. Methods This was a cross-sectional study with 162 elderly randomly assigned to a home care program in Rio de Janeiro, from March 2018 to July 2018. Used as a techniq...

The fear of falls in the caregivers of institutionalized elders

ABSTRACT Aims To understand how the fear of falls emerges and manifests itself in caregivers of institutionalized elders. Method It is a qualitative study, based on the Grounded Theory and carried out with 24 informal caregivers, 5 nurses, 2 physicians and 2 directors of two Portuguese nursing homes. D...

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...