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Prevalência de sarcopenia em idosas com disfunções do assoalho pélvico

A sarcopenia e as disfunções do assoalho pélvico comumente podem surgir durante o envelhecimento, afetando negativamente os parâmetros arquitetônicos funcionalmente importantes nos músculos dos membros e tronco, levando à diminuição da qualidade de vida, mobilidade e aumento de eventos adversos ...

Meaning of care for resident older adults, family members and professionals working in long-term care institutions

ABSTRACT Objective to understand the meaning of care from the perspective of resident older adults, family members and professionals from Long-Term Care Institutions for Older Adults. Method a descriptive and exploratory study with a qualitative approach, developed with 14 resident older adults, 35 fam...

Violence against the older adult: perceptions of the basic health care teams

ABSTRACT Objective: to understand how the professionals working in primary care teams perceive violence against the older adult. Method: a qualitative study, carried out from the conduction of four focus groups with a total of 30 basic care professionals, in the municipality of Marília, São Paulo. ...

Suicide in the elderly: an epidemiologic study

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the incidence and means of elderly suicide in Brazil. Method: Epidemiologic, cross-sectional, quantitative, and retrospective study. The data were obtained in a platform maintained by the Ministry of Health and analyzed. The mortality rate was calculated and means and per...

Evaluation of the effectiveness of an intervention in a health team to prevent falls in hospitalized elderly people

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention program in practices and behaviors of a health team to prevent falls in hos pitalized elderly people. Method: This was an action, mixed-methods, and longitudinal study that applied an intervention based on TeamSTEPPS®, and organized ...

Fatores associados à sexualidade do idoso na atenção primária à saúde

Objetivo: investiga os aspectos que permeiam a sexualidade da pessoa idosa. Método: trata-se de um estudo bibliográfico, descritivo, tipo revisão integrativa da literatura cuja coleta dos dados foi feita nas bases: MEDLINE, LILACS, BDENF e Biblioteca Virtual SCIELO, sem limite temporal, utilizando des...