Objetivo: verificar se o acompanhamento em um programa de atendimento domiciliar modificou a Qualidade
de Vida (QV) e a sobrecarga de cuidadores de idosos. Método: estudo de intervenção que comparou os escores
de QV e sobrecarga de 21 cuidadores de idosos, antes e quatro meses após a inclusão desses...
Objective: to verify the quality of life and eating habits of patients with obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: cross-sectional study with 68 outpatients, candidates for bariatric surgery, at university hospital in the Southern Brazil. Data collection was carried out by telephone, with questio...
Objective. To characterize the elderly population and their caregivers and to verify the association of depressive symptoms of the elderly and the caregiver’s burden with the variables of interest. Methods. A cross-sectional study with 80 elderly people and 78 caregivers in a Primary Health Service in ...
ABSTRACT Objective: To carry out a cross-cultural adaptation of the Filial Responsibility protocol for use in Brazil with adult child caregivers for elderly parents. Method: A methodological study that included the steps of initial translation, synthesis of translations, back-translation, committee of ...
Brasil,
Comparación Transcultural,
Relaciones Familiares/etnología,
Relaciones Familiares/psicología,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Psicometría/instrumentación,
Psicometría/métodos,
Psicometría/normas,
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios,
Traducciones
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to analyze strategies developed by the elderly in order to live alone. A qualitative, exploratory research was conducted with 14 elderly individuals, who lived in a community that belongs to the area assisted by a basic health unit in a city in southern Brazil. Data wer...
OBJECTIVE: To analyze how elderly people linked to health education groups of a primary care unit seek, understand and share information, aiming to maintain and promote health throughout life. METHODS: Qualitative descriptive study, conducted with 30 elderlies linked to three groups of health education d...
O presente estudo identifica os arranjos familiares e descreve a rede de apoio familiar de idosos que vivem em uma área rural. Trata-se de um estudo transversal, realizado com 36 idosos, através de entrevistas no domicílio. Os resultados demonstraram um número maior de mulheres (80,6 por cento) entre...
Aging is a universal and yet diverse phenomenon. This paper presents a review on the topic of diversity in the context of the aging populations in Brazil and Canada. The diversity of the aging population in both countries is discussed in terms of gender, ethnicity, age groups and living conditions while ...
OBJETIVO: Descrever o processo de adaptação transcultural de instrumento que analisa a alfabetização em saúde das pessoas idosas. MÉTODOS: A adaptação compreendeu as etapas de equivalência conceitual e de itens, semântica e operacional. RESULTADOS: As etapas de equivalências conceituais e de i...
Estudo seccional realizado com 34 pessoas idosas de uma comunidade rural do RS, em 2008, com o objetivo de analisar sua capacidade funcional e comparar as variáveis estudadas entre sexos. As variáveis sociais, econômicas, demográficas, relacionadas à saúde/doença, além do Miniexame do Estado Ment...
