RESUMO Objetivo Identificar e analisar os estudos sobre intervenções fonoaudiológicas em estética facial no Brasil. Estratégia de pesquisa Realizou-se um levantamento bibliográfico nas bases de dados LILACS, MEDLINE e SciELO. Critérios de seleção Foram incluídos os estudos completos, com ...
O objetivo desse estudo foi comparar as curvas de sensibilidade ao contraste de adultos e idosos. Foi medida a FSC para grades senoidais verticais utilizando o método psicofísico da escolha forçada (2AFC). Participaram desse estudo 18 adultos com idade entre 20 e 29 anos e 18 idosos com idade entre 60...
Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo compreender as representações sociais do envelhecimento e do rejuvenescimento para mulheres que adotam práticas de rejuvenescimento. Participaram 40 mulheres entre 30 e 60 anos, sendo que 20 utilizavam práticas não invasivas e 20 faziam uso de práticas invasivas e mi...
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate life expectancy with and without depressive symptoms in older adults for the years 2000 and 2010. METHODS We evaluated individuals aged 60 years or older (n = 1,862 in 2000 and n = 1,280 in 2010), participants of the Saúde, Bem-Estar e Envelhecimento (SABE - Health, We...
Factores de Edad,
Envejecimiento,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Depresión/epidemiología,
Depresión/psicología,
Trastorno Depresivo/epidemiología,
Trastorno Depresivo/psicología,
Evaluación Geriátrica,
Esperanza de Vida,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Escalas de Valoración Psiquiátrica,
Factores Sexuales,
Población Urbana
Cognitive ecologist posits that the more efficiently an animal uses information from the biotic and abiotic environment, the more adaptive are its cognitive abilities. Nevertheless, this approach does not test for natural neurodegenerative processes under field or experimental conditions, which may recov...
Enfermedad de Alzheimer/etiología,
Enfermedad de Alzheimer/psicología,
Cognición/fisiología,
Modelos Animales de Enfermedad,
Ambiente,
Octodon,
Conducta Social,
Enfermedad de Alzheimer/fisiopatología,
Investigación Biomédica/métodos,
Trastornos de la Memoria/fisiopatología,
Envejecimiento,
Factores de Riesgo,
Estrés Psicológico
The use of transgenic models for the study of neurodegenerative diseases has made valuable contributions to the field. However, some important limitations, including protein overexpression and general systemic compensation for the missing genes, has caused researchers to seek natural models that show the...
ABSTRACT Walk is an activity that requires different skills and can be highly complex particularly for the elderly. The aim was to identify the defined characteristics and related factors of the nursing diagnosis impaired walking in elderly. A Systematic literature review, based on a search done between ...
ABSTRACT The study aimed to analyze the contextual conditions that influence the use of medications in elderly assisted in primary health care. Qualitative study with contribution of Grounded Theory, held in Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, where 30 elderly patients on medications were interviewe...
ABSTRACT A cross-sectional study with quantitative approach carried out with 387 community-dwelling elderly to identify their attitudes toward leisure activities in the cognitive, affective and behavioral dimensions. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Fisher's association test and Spearman'...
ABSTRACT This analytical, cross-sectional and quantitative study aimed at investigating the relationship between body mass index and motor performance of elderly who participated in a peer group. The study site was a elderly' peer group that included 82 people, in the municipality of Vitória da Conquist...
