OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between gender and age groups and socioeconomic and health variables among older adults. METHODS: Cross-sectional study carried out in the a city in Southern Brazil, in 2004. Elderly over 60 years of age (N= 292) were selected through two-stage probabilistic sampling. Data from socioeconomic and demographic variables were collected through household survey. Health conditions were self-referred. Descriptive statistics, and Pearson's Chi-square test with linear-by-linear association model were used for data analysis. RESULTS: Among the elderly, 67.8% were female, 84% were between 60 to 79 years and 81% considered themselves healthy. Compared to men, women were more likely to live alone (p=0.046), have no p...
The social and economic transformation which has been occurring in the life of the elderly, and the ...
OBJECTIVES: To describe the sociodemographic variables and to identify the health conditions of elde...
Os autores agradecem a colaboração de Débora Verdi, Hanna Sainio e Ivalina Porto na etapa de coleta ...
OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between gender and age groups and socioeconomic and health vari...
Os objetivos foram elaborar diagnóstico sociodemográfico e identificar a auto-percepção quanto ao es...
This is a sectional epidemiological study including a household survey. It describes the socio-demog...
OBJECTIVE: To assess health coverage of elderly people receiving supplementary health care and these...
O aumento da longevidade no Brasil tem se constituído em um desafio para os serviços e programas de ...
A multicentre study concerned with the health needs of the elderly population living in urban areas ...
The objective of this study is to identify factors associated with mortality, with emphasis on gende...
Trata-se de um estudo transversal e comparativo, que objetivou descrever as características demográf...
Self-rated Health has been taking an important status in epidemiological research because of its str...
O presente estudo analisou a relação entre variáveis sociodemográficas, de saúde e participação em a...
Objetivou-se neste estudo descrever e analisar o perfil sociodemográfico e antropométrico de idosos ...
OBJETIVO: Avaliar a autopercepção de saúde e a presença de limitações físicas devido a problemas de ...
The social and economic transformation which has been occurring in the life of the elderly, and the ...
OBJECTIVES: To describe the sociodemographic variables and to identify the health conditions of elde...
Os autores agradecem a colaboração de Débora Verdi, Hanna Sainio e Ivalina Porto na etapa de coleta ...
OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between gender and age groups and socioeconomic and health vari...
Os objetivos foram elaborar diagnóstico sociodemográfico e identificar a auto-percepção quanto ao es...
This is a sectional epidemiological study including a household survey. It describes the socio-demog...
OBJECTIVE: To assess health coverage of elderly people receiving supplementary health care and these...
O aumento da longevidade no Brasil tem se constituído em um desafio para os serviços e programas de ...
A multicentre study concerned with the health needs of the elderly population living in urban areas ...
The objective of this study is to identify factors associated with mortality, with emphasis on gende...
Trata-se de um estudo transversal e comparativo, que objetivou descrever as características demográf...
Self-rated Health has been taking an important status in epidemiological research because of its str...
O presente estudo analisou a relação entre variáveis sociodemográficas, de saúde e participação em a...
Objetivou-se neste estudo descrever e analisar o perfil sociodemográfico e antropométrico de idosos ...
OBJETIVO: Avaliar a autopercepção de saúde e a presença de limitações físicas devido a problemas de ...
The social and economic transformation which has been occurring in the life of the elderly, and the ...
OBJECTIVES: To describe the sociodemographic variables and to identify the health conditions of elde...
Os autores agradecem a colaboração de Débora Verdi, Hanna Sainio e Ivalina Porto na etapa de coleta ...