Objective: to analyze functional disability and its associated factors among community-dwelling older adults. Method: a cross-sectional study, conducted with 1,635 older adults distributed in the following age groups: 60 to 69, 70 to 79, and 80 years old or more, living in a health macro-region of the s...
Objective: to synthesize the knowledge about the association of frailty syndrome and cognitive impairment in older adults. Method: the Joanna Briggs Institute's systematic review of etiology and risk factors was adopted. The search for the studies was conducted by two independent reviewers in the databa...
Objetivo: analisar a relação entre instabilidade postural e a condição e os marcadores de fragilidade física de idosos em assistência ambulatorial de geriatria e gerontologia. Método: estudo transversal com amostra constituída por 381 idosos. A fragilidade física foi avaliada mediante o fenóti...
Objetivo analisar os fatores associados à velocidade da marcha em idosos submetidos aos exames de aptidão física e mental para habilitação veicular. Método estudo quantitativo de corte transversal realizado nas clínicas de trânsito, no qual fizeram parte da amostra do tipo probabilística 421 ...
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...
ABSTRACT Objective: to present a physical frailty prediction model for oldest old users of primary health care, according to clinical variables. Method: cross-sectional study with proportional stratified sample of 243 oldest old subjects. Data were collected through a structured clinical questionnaire,...
Objectives: to identify the prevalence of frailty among inpatient older adults in a clinical hospital and check the association of the socioeconomic and clinical characteristics with the state of frailty. Method: observational, cross-sectional and analytical study, conducted with 255 hospitalized patient...
METHODS: this cross-sectional, observational and analytical household survey was conducted with 958 elderly individuals living in the urban area. The Brazilian version of the Functional Assessment Questionnaire and Multidimensional Scales (Depression, Katz and Lawton brief geriatric versions) were used, ...
