Introducción: En Cuba, la protección al adulto mayor es una prioridad, por cuanto constituye una política del estado la implementación de acciones multidisciplinarias e intersectoriales para el aumento de la calidad de vida, como reto a los desafíos del envejecimiento del siglo XXI. Objetivo: Val...
O artigo teve como objetivo analisar a incorporação da questão do envelhecimento humano na agenda política e a construção da PNI. O estudo foi bibliográfico com análise da legislação vigente, fundamentado em autores com uma perspectiva crítica. Percebeu-se que a PNI constitui um avanço para a...
AIM: To understand the experience of informal caregivers in the care of the elderly victims of fall and proximal fracture of the femur and surgery. METHOD: This is a qualitative study carried out in a teaching hospital, using Bardin's content analysis as a methodological reference, and Orem's General The...
Objetivo: descrever a relação da espiritualidade e religiosidade com sexo, idade e renda familiar de idosos.
Métodos: estudo transversal com 643 idosos por meio de questionário sociodemográfico e Medida
multidimensional breve de religiosidade/espiritualidade. Realizou-se análise descritiva, teste t...
Introducción: El envejecimiento es parte integrante y natural de la vida, y aunque todos aspiran a ser miembros de este proceso, alrededor del mismo se tejen representaciones diversas, en tanto diferentes sean los perceptores.
Objetivo: Comprender los significados que le atribuye un grupo de ancianos al...
Abstract The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the association between obesity, risk of falls and fear of falling in older women. Two hundred and twenty-six volunteers (68.05 ± 6.22 years, 68.06 ± 11.79 kg, 1.56 ± 0.06 m) were classified as normal weight, overweight or obese, accord...
OBJECTIVE: To identify tools available in literature for assessing the financial management capacity of elderly persons with and without cognitive deficit or impairment. METHODS: An integrative literature review was performed. Scientific publications indexed in the PubMed, LILACS (Latin American and Car...
OBJECTIVE: to identify the medication profile, the prevalence of polypharmacy and associated factors among elderly people receiving care from Family Health Strategy teams. METHOD: an analytical, document-based, cross-sectional survey with a quantitative approach was conducted in Brazlândia in the Distr...
OBJECTIVE: To verify, among elderly participants of the University of the Third Age (UnATI) of PUC Goiás, Goiania, Brazil, whether quality of life was higher or lower among veteran or first-year participants of the UnATI, and to evaluate if there was a statistically significant difference between the qu...
Abstract Objective: to identify risk factors related to overactive bladder syndrome. Method: a cross-sectional study was performed with elderly women (>60 years) from the community of Ceilândia, in the Distrito Federal, Brazil, with or without symptoms of OBS, who were evaluated through interviews ...
