Invest. educ. enferm; 39 (1), 2021

Objective. The study sought to compare community-dwelling older people with respect to their level of physical activity and to the fear of falls between a group of sedentary elderly and a group of active elderly. Methods. Cross-sectional descriptive study carried out with 113 community-dwelling older pe...

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Av. enferm; 36 (3), 2018

Resumo Objetivo: avaliar o estado de saúde mental, índice de depressão, humor e qualidade de vida (QV) de idosos. Metodologia: estudo transversal quantitativo com 122 pessoas com mais de 60 anos atendidas pela atenção primária. Os dados foram cole-tados com inventários de avaliação da OV (WHOQ...

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Invest. educ. enferm; 35 (2), 2017

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 ...

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Invest. educ. enferm; 34 (3), 2016

Abstract Objective. To evaluate the improvement of the elderly's functional capacity before intervention in cognitive stimulation workshops, according to subgroups. Methods. Quantitative study, by before and after evaluation, following during one year the cognitive stimulation intervention, conducted a...

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