Objective: to analyze the association of global functionality with the main functional systems and the sociodemographic variables of older adults followed by Home Care in Primary Health Care. Method: a cross-sectional study with 124 older people developed through home interviews. Functionality was asses...
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...
ABSTRACT Objective: To propose a care need classification for elderly people by identifying their functional demands. Method: Cross-sectional study carried out in São Paulo, in 2006, with 1,413 elderly (≥ 60 years old), participants in the Health, Well-being and Aging study (SABE - Saúde, Bem E...
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
