ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze economic-financial and patrimonial cases of elder abuse, recorded in the specialized police station for security and protection of the elderly of a capital city in the northeast region of Brazil. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out with data extracted from p...
Objective to compare the frailty syndrome among elderly people living at home in two Brazilian cities and to identify factors related to sociodemographic and health-related variables. Method population-based cross-sectional study with 480 elderly individuals from the cities of Ribeirão Preto/SP and J...
Objetivo: comparar a evolução da capacidade funcional entre os idosos que moravam sós, acompanhados e com mudanças do arranjo domiciliar, ajustando para outras variáveis. Material e método: trata de um estudo de coorte de base populacional realizado com idosos comunitários. Realizou-se análise es...
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 ...
Rodrigues, Rosalina Aparecida Partezani;
Monteiro, Edilene Araújo;
Santos, Ana Maria Ribeiro dos;
Pontes, Maria de Lourdes de Farias;
Fhon, Jack Roberto Silva;
Bolina, Alisson Fernandes;
Seredynskyj, Fernanda Laporti;
Almeida, Vanessa Costa;
Giacomini, Suelen Borelli Lima;
Defina, Giovanna Partezani Cardoso;
Silva, Luipa Michele.
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the police reports filed by older adults who suffered abuse in order to identify the socio-demographic characteristics of victims and aggressors, type of violence, location, as well as to compare rates in three Brazilian cities in the period from 2009 to 2013. Method: Eco...
Abstract OBJECTIVE To analyze the prevalence of falls and frailty syndrome and the association between these two syndromes in the elderly population. METHOD Systematic review, without restriction of dates, in English, Portuguese and Spanish languages, in the databases PubMed, CINAHL, LILACS and in the ...
ABSTRACT Objective: to assess the risk of falls in elderly, by comparing the sociodemographic and cognitive factors, history of falls and self-reported comorbidities. Method: cross-sectional and quantitative study with 240 elderly. Data were collected based on the social profile, through the instrument...
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze cases of trauma caused by traffic accidents in elderly individuals assisted at a reference municipal emergency hospital in 2010 and 2011. Method: longitudinal retrospective study was developed at an emergency hospital and a Traffic Accidents Repression Station, with 524 e...
Avaliar o nível de fragilidade dos idosos com doença renal crônica em tratamento conservador. Métodos:estudo transversal e correlacional com 35 idosos. A fragilidade foi avaliada por meio do instrumento EdmontonFrail Scale. Realizou-se análise descritiva e os coeficientes de Correlação de Spearman...
ABSTRACT Objective: to investigate the association between frailty with hospitalization and institutionalization in a follow-up study of elderly residents. Method: the follow-up study was performed in 2008 and 2013 with elderly of both genders, aged 65 years and older who were living in the community-d...
