Abstract Introduction: With the increasing number of elderly people, greater care is required for this population, and zeal for health and quality of life becomes an important goal in healthy aging. Elderly people can achieve excellent results involving cognitive training based on brain plasticity. Ob...
Abstract Purpose To evaluate changes in the quantity of elastic fibers in the corpora cavernosa of rats during the natural aging process, and to assess the degree of this change by determining volumetric density (Vv) at different ages via stereological analysis. Methods Forty-eight rats, raised under...
Envejecimiento/patología,
Envejecimiento/fisiología,
Colágeno/fisiología,
Colágeno/ultraestructura,
Tejido Elástico/patología,
Tejido Elástico/fisiología,
Tejido Elástico/ultraestructura,
Células Endoteliales/fisiología,
Disfunción Eréctil/fisiopatología,
Modelos Animales,
Pene/citología,
Pene/fisiología,
Ratas Wistar
ABSTRACT Objective: to characterize socio-demographic and economic profiles, as well as to evaluate the quality of life of hospitalized octogenarians. Method: cross-sectional study with 128 hospitalized octogenarians. Instruments from the World Health Organization were used to evaluate the quality of l...
Objetivo associar as características sociodemográficas de idosos vítimas de violência e dos agressores com os tipos de violência. Métodos trata-se de um estudo transversal, analítico, retrospectivo, desenvolvido em uma Delegacia. Foram analisados 346 boletins de ocorrência, sendo que as análise...
RESUMO: Objetivo: Analisar desigualdades sociais na prevalência de indicadores de envelhecimento ativo na população idosa brasileira. Métodos: Estudo transversal com amostra de 11.177 idosos que participaram da Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde do Brasil em 2013. Estimaram-se as prevalências de cinco ...
Envejecimiento/fisiología,
Brasil,
Estudios Transversales,
Ejercicio Físico/fisiología,
Encuestas Epidemiológicas/métodos,
Encuestas Epidemiológicas/estadística & datos numéricos,
Seguro de Salud/estadística & datos numéricos,
Actividades Recreativas,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Distribución por Sexo,
Factores Sexuales,
Clase Social,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios,
Trabajo/fisiología,
Trabajo/estadística & datos numéricos
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the perception of elderly women about sexuality and practice of nursing care in this context. Method: a descriptive qualitative study. Fifty elderly women from Guanambi City - Bahia State were interviewed in 2016. Data collection technique was direct interview by using an...
ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the structure and dynamics of families in the late stage of the life cycle that have a member with intellectual disability. Method: qualitative research using the Calgary Family Assessment Model as methodological framework. The study had 38 participants, distributed in...
Abstract The present study aimed to estimate the prevalence of depressive symptoms and associated factors among older adults treated at a referral center. A cross-sectional study was carried out with a sample of 360 older adults treated at a Referral Center for the Health of Older Adults in the north of ...
Abstract Objectives : To estimate the prevalence of polypharmacy among older adults (≥65 years); to verify its association with sociodemographic variables, nutritional status and health conditions; to describe the prevalence of polypharmacy according to the presence of specific chronic diseases, a...
