O objetivo foi avaliar o grau de dependência funcional quanto às Atividades Básicas da Vida Diária e a perda cognitiva de idosos longevos residentes em duas instituições de longa permanência para idosos do interior do Estado da Bahia. Pesquisa do tipo quantitativa, transversal, realizada no ano de...
ABSTRACT. Objective: To describe the performance on basic cognitive tasks, instrumental activities of daily living, and depressive symptoms of a community-based sample of elderly adults in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) who participated in multiple physical, social, and cognitive activities at government-run co...
ABSTRACT Executive functions (EFs) regulate human behavior and allow individuals to interact and act in the world. EFs are sensitive to sociodemographic variables such as age, which promotes their decline, and to others that can exert a neuroprotective effect. Objective: To assess the predictive role of ...
ABSTRACT The identification of the prevalence of cognitive impairment and associated factors among older adults is important in countries facing rapid demographic transition, given the significant implications for public policy and health planning. Objective: To determine the prevalence of functional cog...
Abstract Aging is a nearly universal phenomenon in biology only partially controlled by genetic endowment. Individuals and their organs age at varying rates. The kidneys manifest the aging process by steady loss of nephrons and a corresponding decrease in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) beginning about ...
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the association between excess abdominal fat and healthcare costs related to hypertension and diabetes Mellitus in older adults. Methods: These cross-sectional analyses are part of the Health, Wellbeing and Aging Study conducted in São Paulo, Brazil, with 806 older adult...
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the association of insufficient physical activity in different domains with sarcopenia or sarcopenic obesity in patients aged ³50 years. Methods: The sample consisted of 770 males and females. Sarcopenia was diagnosed when the individual had: (1) low muscle mass and musc...
Introducción: la población chilena no ha quedado ajena al proceso de envejecimiento experimentado a nivel mundial, tomando especial énfasis la evaluación geriatría integral como estrategia para detectar de manera oportuna la disminución de la funcionalidad en personas de avanzada edad. Objetivo: de...
O Brasil acompanha, desde a década de sessenta, o crescente envelhecimento populacional e o aumento da incidência das doenças crônicas não transmissíveis, dentre elas o diabetes mellitus (DM), que se caracteriza por uma disfunção crônica no metabolismo do indivíduo, que não produz ou tem uma d...
Objective. To develop the meaning of menopause of a group of post-menopausal women and their relationship with aging. Methods. Qualitative descriptive study on 15 Chilean women that completed a taped face-to-face in depth interview that were interpreted according to Krippendorff. Results. A qualitative c...
