Resultados: 23

Social support perceived by elderly people in social vulnerability according to family functionality: a cross-sectional study

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 57 (), 2023
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the social support as perceived by elderly persons in a context of social vulnerability according to family functionality. Method: A cross-sectional study using a quantitative approach, carried out in São Carlos-SP, with 123 elderly people living in a context of high soc...

Duration of night sleep and cognitive performance of community older adults

Objective: to analyze the relationship between the duration of self-reported night sleep and the cognitive performance of older adults. Method: the sample consisted of 156 older adults registered in Family Health Units (FHUs) in a city of São Paulo, divided into quartiles according to the duration of n...

Influence of chronic pain on cognitive performance in elderly caregivers: a longitudinal study

Rev. bras. enferm; 74 (supl.2), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: to compare cognitive performance of elderly caregivers with and without chronic pain over four years and verify the effect of pain intensity on cognitive performance of elderly caregivers with chronic pain. Method: a longitudinal study with data collected in 2014 and 2018. Community...

Association between perceived social support and better cognitive performance among caregivers and non-caregivers

Rev. bras. enferm; 74 (supl.2), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the association between the characteristics of the support network and cognitive performance of older caregivers and compare characteristics between caregivers and non-caregivers. Methods: we evaluated 85 older caregivers and 84 older non-caregivers registered with prima...

Factors associated with depressive symptoms in older adults in context of social vulnerability

Rev. bras. enferm; 73 (supl.1), 2020
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify factors associated with depressive symptoms in the elderly inserted in a context of high social vulnerability. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out with 302 elderly people enrolled in Primary Care. We used a sociodemographic questionnaire, Geriatric Depressio...

Factors associated with depressive symptoms in elderly caregivers with chronic pain

Rev. bras. enferm; 73 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify factors associated with depressive symptoms in elderly caregivers with chronic pain. Method: the study included people 60 years of age or older who reported chronic pain and cared for another elderly person living in the same household (n=186). Statistical analyzes were ...

Factors associated with the development of diabetes mellitus in older caregivers

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (supl.2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: evaluate the factors associated with the risk of diabetes mellitus in older caregivers. Method: this is a cross-sectional study conducted with 326 older caregivers enrolled in Family Health Units. Data were collected using a sociodemographic characterization questionnaire, clinical ...

Elderly caregivers of the elderly: frailty, loneliness and depressive symptoms

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (supl.2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: to investigate the association between frailty, loneliness and depressive symptoms of elderly caregivers. Method: a cross - sectional study carried out with 341 elderly caregivers enrolled in Family Health Units of a city in the countryside of São Paulo State. The interviews were d...

Effects of health education in the elderly with mild cognitive impairment

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (supl.2), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the effects of health education on both cognition and depressive/anxiety symptoms in the elderly with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). Method: this is a randomized and controlled clinical trial. Participants (n=22) were recruited from a specialized outpatient clinic, and ...

Elderly caregivers living in urban, rural and high social vulnerability contexts

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 51 (), 2017
Abstract OBJECTIVE Comparing the differences in the sociodemographic, care and health profiles of elderly caregivers of the elderly living in urban, rural, and high social vulnerability contexts. METHOD A cross-sectional study developed with elderly caregivers enrolled in the Family Health Units of a m...