ABSTRACT Objective: To define the criteria for the continuity of care to elderly people submitted to arthroplasty. Method: This is a qualitative study, inserted in the constructivist paradigm, whose methodological option fell on research-action. The participants were the health professionals of an orth...
ABSTRACT Objective: to understand how the rural older adults promote their autonomy in active aging. Method: qualitative research through the Paulo Freire's research itinerary, consisting of three steps: area of research; encoding and decoding; and critical unveiling. Seventeen older adults living in t...
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the functional capacity of older people based on their performance on basic activities of daily living. Method: a cross-sectional study, carried out through the record of the Family Health teams working in the urban area of a city in northern Minas Gerais, in 2015. To as...
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify factors associated to the dependence of older adults with Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Method: analytical and epidemiological study with 99 older adults. The Brazilian Multidimensional Functional Assessment Questionnaire and a questionnaire composed by socio-demographic and...
Accidentes por Caídas/estadística & datos numéricos,
Actividades Cotidianas/psicología,
Brasil,
Distribución de Chi-Cuadrado,
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/complicaciones,
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/psicología,
Evaluación Geriátrica/métodos,
Calidad de Vida/psicología,
Análisis de Regresión,
Factores de Riesgo,
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
ABSTRACT Objective: to compare the impact of home visits, before and after instructions, on the functional capacity of adult and elderly patients with venous ulcers, by means of the KATZ-EIAVD Scale. Method: experimental, clinical, randomized, non-blind and controlled study, developed with 32 patients ...
