OBJECTIVES: To assess the prevalence of sarcopenic obesity and its association with functionality, lifestyle, biomarkers, and morbidities in older adults. METHODS: The study analyzed cross-sectional data from 270 older adults who participated in phase III of the Frailty in Brazilian Older People Study (...
Biomarcadores,
Composición Corporal,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Fragilidad/epidemiología,
Estilo de Vida,
Morbilidad,
Obesidad/complicaciones,
Obesidad/epidemiología,
Prevalencia,
Sarcopenia/epidemiología
This paper discusses some of the factors associated with life satisfaction in Brazil using four waves of the World Values Survey (1991 to 2014). Some results already described in the literature were confirmed, as we found that individuals who were married, employed, more religious, in better health, with...
Felicidad,
Factores de Edad,
Estilo de Vida,
Brasil,
Estudios de Cohortes,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios,
Satisfacción Personal,
Distribución por Edad,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Estado de Salud,
Religión,
Factores de Tiempo,
Modelos Econométricos
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate the incidence and persistence of fear of falling in older adults and the clinical/functional, psychosocial and lifestyle-related risk factors. METHODS A longitudinal study with 393 community-dwelling older adults aged 65 years and over (110 men/ 283 women) resident in t...
Accidentes por Caídas/estadística & datos numéricos,
Actividades Cotidianas,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Miedo,
Anciano Frágil/estadística & datos numéricos,
Evaluación Geriátrica/estadística & datos numéricos,
Incidencia,
Estilo de Vida,
Estudios Longitudinales,
Distribución de Poisson,
Medición de Riesgo,
Factores de Riesgo,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Factores de Tiempo
Objetivo: avaliar a associação dos fatores de risco com os níveis pressóricos elevados em universitários. Métodos: estudo descritivo, transversal, desenvolvido com 203 universitários, por meio de questionário autoaplicável, construído com base no instrumento para Vigilância de Fatores de Risco...
Objective: to evaluate and compare the self-esteem of young female university students aged between 18 and 24 years old according to race/skin color criteria. Method: a cross-sectional and quantitative study, developed with 240 undergraduate female students from a public Brazilian university. Data colle...
ABSTRACT Objective: to know the problems people face as a consequence of chronic kidney disease and their hemodialysis treatment. Method: a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study with 12 people who were undergoing hemodialysis in a reference hospital. Semi-structured interviews were carried ou...
ABSTRACT Objective To investigate the consumption of processed and ultra-processed foods and evaluate its relationship with the nutritional and metabolic status of hemodialysis patients in a single center in Brazil. Methods This cross-sectional study enrolled 73 individuals in hemodialysis (50 men and ...
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate context of overweight adolescents from the semiarid and rural areas of Pernambuco, considering the multifactorial nature of the determinants of being overweight, and the food and nutritional insecurity conditions of the region. Methods: A population based cross-sect...
Índice de Masa Corporal,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Demografía/tendencias,
Exposición a Riesgos Ambientales/efectos adversos,
Abastecimiento de Alimentos/normas,
Abastecimiento de Alimentos/estadística & datos numéricos,
Estilo de Vida,
Estado Nutricional/fisiología,
Obesidad/epidemiología,
Sobrepeso/epidemiología,
Sobrepeso/psicología,
Prevalencia,
Autoimagen,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Consumo de Alcohol en Menores/psicología
RESUMO Objetivo Verificar a suspeição de alteração vocal em idosos ativos e a associação com aspectos sociodemográficos, hábitos de vida relacionados à voz e desvantagem vocal. Métodos Estudo observacional transversal realizado com 254 idosos usuários de academias públicas do município de ...
With the widespread use of high-efficiency antiretroviral therapy (HAART), the life expectancy of HIV-infected patients has been significantly extended. However, the metabolic complications among HIV-infected patients treated with HAART have become the most common problem in the world. It is very importa...
China,
Terapia Antirretroviral Altamente Activa/efectos adversos,
VIH/patogenicidad,
Dislipidemias/complicaciones,
Análisis Multivariante,
Colesterol/efectos adversos,
Diagnóstico,
Estilo de Vida,
Factores de Riesgo,
Pueblo Asiatico,
Grupos Control,
Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida