Sociodemographic profile and health condition of elderly patients attended at a community primary health center
dc.contributor.author | Carlucio da Silva, Fernanda Borges | |
dc.contributor.author | Filipini, Rosangela | |
dc.contributor.author | Guarnieri, Ana Paula | |
dc.contributor.author | Vieira, Nathalia Grangeiro | |
dc.contributor.author | Bonvini, Andrea | |
dc.contributor.author | Aguiar Alves, Beatriz da Costa | |
dc.contributor.author | Azzalis, Ligia Ajaime [UNIFESP] | |
dc.contributor.author | Junqueira, Virginia [UNIFESP] | |
dc.contributor.author | Affonso Fonseca, Fernando Luiz [UNIFESP] | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-22T15:46:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-07-22T15:46:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background/Purpose: The world has gradually been turning eyes to the elderly population due to the increased life expectancy. This study aimed to trace the sociodemographic profile and to analyze health conditions among elderly individuals. Methods: A transversal retrospective study was performed. Data were obtained using an administered questionnaire on sociodemographic and clinical features, diseases reported by the studied population, daily activities, and laboratory test results gathered from patients' medical records. Results: In this study, 66.2% of the total patients were female | en |
dc.description.abstract | 74% had 4 years of primary education with a family income of up to three Brazilian minimum wages | en |
dc.description.abstract | 64.6% were retired | en |
dc.description.abstract | 27.8% had one or more morbidities. As much as 33.4% of the patients showed no difficulty in performing daily activities. Conclusion: Understanding the profile of the senior population is of utmost importance so that public health programs may be carried out to meet the needs of these individuals. Copyright (C) 2016, Asia Pacific League of Clinical Gerontology & Geriatrics. Published by Elsevier Taiwan LLC. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). | en |
dc.description.affiliation | Fac Med ABC, Dept Enfermagem & Nutr, Santo Andre, SP, Brazil | |
dc.description.affiliation | Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Inst Ciencias Ambientais Quim & Farmaceut, Diadema, SP, Brazil | |
dc.description.affiliationUnifesp | Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Inst Ciencias Ambientais Quim & Farmaceut, Diadema, SP, Brazil | |
dc.description.source | Web of Science | |
dc.format.extent | 93-98 | |
dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcgg.2016.03.003 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal Of Clinical Gerontology & Geriatrics. Taipei, v. 7, n. 3, p. 93-98, 2016. | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.jcgg.2016.03.003 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2210-8335 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/50983 | |
dc.identifier.wos | WOS:000398903000006 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier Taiwan | |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | |
dc.subject | elderly | en |
dc.subject | health conditions | en |
dc.subject | sociodemographic profile | en |
dc.title | Sociodemographic profile and health condition of elderly patients attended at a community primary health center | en |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |