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Comparison between subjective and objective evaluations of self-care performance in elderly inpatients

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 16 (1), 2018
ABSTRACT Objetive To identify the functional status in self-care performance of elderly inpatients, through subjective and objective evaluations. Methods Fifty-five pairs of elderly and their respective caregivers of both sexes were submitted to subjective (self-rating and rating by caregivers) and obj...

Felicidade e atividades prazerosas de idosos: um estudo comparativo

Introdução: O Bem-Estar Subjetivo (BES) é um constructo por meio do qual a ciência avalia a Felicidade das pessoas. Melhores estados de BES são associados à melhor saúde e longevidade. Contudo, não há um consenso sobre as relações entre a Hemodiálise (HD) e BES de idosos que fazem o tratament...

Características clínicas da insuficiência cardíaca associadas à dependência funcional admissional em idosos hospitalizados

Introdução: O cenário da Insuficiência Cardíaca (IC) em pacientes idosos hospitalizados é complexo e influenciado pela presença de características clínicas que representam alto risco para dependência funcional (DF) nas Atividades Básicas de Vida Diária (AbVDs). Estudo anterior evidenciou que ...

Factors associated with maintenance of the use of internet, EpiFloripa Idoso longitudinal study

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the use of the internet and to identify the sociodemographic and health factors associated with changes in the use of the internet over four years in older adults participating in the Brazilian EpiFloripa Idoso study. METHODS This is a longitudinal home-based, populatio...

Depressive symptoms, emotional support and activities of daily living disability onset: 15-year follow-up of the Bambuí (Brazil) Cohort Study of Aging

Psychosocial factors appear to be associated with increased risk of disability in later life. However, there is a lack of evidence based on long-term longitudinal data from Western low-middle income countries. We investigated whether psychosocial factors at baseline predict new-onset disability in long t...

Individual- and state-level factors associated with functional limitation prevalence among Colombian elderly: a multilevel analysis

Abstract: This study aimed to identify the main regional factors associated with variations in the prevalence of functional limitation on the older adult in Colombia adjusted by individual characteristics. This multilevel study used cross-sectional data from 23,694 adults over 60 years of age in the SABE...

Factors associated with the receipt of pensions among older adults: ELSI-Brazil

Rev. saúde pública (Online); 52 (supl.2), 2018
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence of receipt of pensions and associated factors in a nationally representative sample of the Brazilian population aged 50 years and over. METHODS We used data from 9,130 participants from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil) baseline surv...

Aspects of social participation and neighborhood perception: ELSI-Brazil

Rev. saúde pública (Online); 52 (supl.2), 2018
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To determine the impact of the physical and social surroundings of the neighborhood, which are presented as facilitators or barriers for the social participation of Brazilian older adults. METHODS The study was conducted in a probabilistic representative sample of the Brazilian pop...