ABSTRACT Objective: to investigate the association between socio-demographic and clinical factors and the functional capacity of older adults with leprosy. Method: cross-sectional analytical study conducted in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, with 77 older adult patients with leprosy in a referral service, t...
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the relationship between spiritual well-being, sociodemographic, economic, religious, and health variables and the quality of life of older adults undergoing hemodialysis. Method: This was a cross-sectional and correlational study conducted with 169 older adults undergoin...
Brasil,
Costo de Enfermedad,
Estudios Transversales,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Psicometría/instrumentación,
Psicometría/métodos,
Calidad de Vida/psicología,
Diálisis Renal/efectos adversos,
Diálisis Renal/psicología,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Espiritualidad,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
ABSTRACT Objective: to know the prevalence and factors associated with frailty in elderly assisted by the Centro Mais Vida de Referência em Assistência à Saúde do Idoso (Mais Vida Health Reference Center for the Elderly) in the North of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Method: cross-sectional study, with samp...
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the safety of hospitalized older adults as for the risk of falls according to the parameters of the Morse Fall Scale. Method: Epidemiological, cross-sectional, prospective and descriptive study with n=75. Results: Average age of 71.3 years (SD±8.2); 58.7% male; 44% wit...
ABSTRACT Objective: Identifying prevalence of frailty in elderly caregivers inserted in a high social vulnerability context and its correlation with sociodemographic and health aspects. Method: Descriptive, correlational and cross-sectional study. Forty elderly caregivers were evaluated with: questionn...
Cuidadores/psicología,
Cuidadores/normas,
Cognición,
Estudios Transversales,
Fragilidad/psicología,
Fragilidad/terapia,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Prevalencia,
Psicometría/instrumentación,
Psicometría/métodos,
Factores Sexuales,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the relation between stress and optimism of elderlies who are informal caregivers for elderlies and live with children. Method: cross-sectional study on 50 elderlies who provide care to elderlies, live with children, and are registered in the primary health care. The int...
ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the sociodemographic and clinical profile of the caregivers and its relation with the overburden from the care of the elderly with dementia. Method: a cross-sectional descriptive study; the sample was non-probabilistic, developed with caregivers of elderly people with de...
Brasil,
Cuidadores/psicología,
Costo de Enfermedad,
Estudios Transversales,
Demencia Vascular/complicaciones,
Demencia/psicología,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Psicometría/instrumentación,
Psicometría/métodos,
Investigación Cualitativa,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios,
Poblaciones Vulnerables/psicología
ABSTRACT Objective: Identify the rate and predictive factors of the hospitalization of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA), aged 50 years or older. Method: A quantitative, cross-sectional study was conducted at two inpatient units specialized in infectious diseases in a teaching hospital. Data were gath...
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the occurrence of falls in institutionalized elderly addressing the risks, consequences and antecedents. Method: Cross-sectional study carried out with 45 older adults in Long-Term Care Facilities for the Older adult in João Pessoa, Brazil, in June and July 2016. A socio...
Accidentes por Caídas/estadística & datos numéricos,
Análisis de Varianza,
Distribución de Chi-Cuadrado,
Comorbilidad,
Estudios Transversales,
Institucionalización/estadística & datos numéricos,
Cuidados a Largo Plazo/métodos,
Cuidados a Largo Plazo/estadística & datos numéricos,
Medición de Riesgo/métodos,
Factores de Riesgo,
Estadísticas no Paramétricas,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the association between filial responsibility and the overload of the children when caring for their older parents. Method: Cross-sectional study with 100 caregiver children of older adults. Filial liability was assessed by the attitudes of the responsible child (scale of...
Actividades Cotidianas/psicología,
Brasil,
Cuidadores,
Costo de Enfermedad,
Estudios Transversales,
Relaciones Familiares/psicología,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Psicometría/instrumentación,
Psicometría/métodos,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
