This study aimed to assess symptoms of insomnia in elderly residents in the community and its association with rheumatoid arthritis. Descriptive and cross-sectional study, part of a multicentre research project entitled Fragility in Brazilian elderly . A total number of 689 elderly (68.9% female, average age of 72.2 years) were interviewed using a questionnaire on sociodemographic data and clinical conditions. Two tools to identify symptoms of insomnia (the Nottingham Health profile) and to screen cognitive impairment (Mini Mental State Examination) were also applied. For data analysis, we used descriptive statistical techniques and multiple logistic regression, considering a 5% significance level. The association between insomnia symptoms ...
Aging is a degenerative, progressive and complex process that involves physiological, psychological ...
OBJECTIVE: To analyse the clinical, laboratory, treatment and social progress of patients with rheum...
OBJECTIVES: To describe the sociodemographic variables and to identify the health conditions of elde...
Esse estudo objetivou avaliar sintomas de insônia em idosos residentes na comunidade e sua associaçã...
ABSTRACT This study aimed to analyze the joint influence of background variables (age, gender, and i...
Investigar associação entre as alterações de deglutição autorreferidas com doenças crônicas naturais...
Persistent pain is a frequent health problem in the elderly. Its prevalence ranges from 45% to 80%. ...
The practice of physical activities contributes to reducing the risk of chronic diseases and improve...
Considering that elderly people using multiple drugs are prone to a higher vulnerability of their he...
INTRODUCTION: Previous cross-sectional studies have shown a high prevalence of chronic disease and d...
OBJECTIVE: To identify factors associated to fall and recurrent fall episodes among elderly living i...
This study aimed to assess symptoms of insomnia in elderly residents in the community and its associ...
Objective: to analyze the relationship between the distress of the family caregiver and the presenc...
INTRODUCTION: The process of population aging in Brazil has been fast and intense, increasing the pr...
Objective. To characterize the elderly population and their caregivers and to verify the association...
Aging is a degenerative, progressive and complex process that involves physiological, psychological ...
OBJECTIVE: To analyse the clinical, laboratory, treatment and social progress of patients with rheum...
OBJECTIVES: To describe the sociodemographic variables and to identify the health conditions of elde...
Esse estudo objetivou avaliar sintomas de insônia em idosos residentes na comunidade e sua associaçã...
ABSTRACT This study aimed to analyze the joint influence of background variables (age, gender, and i...
Investigar associação entre as alterações de deglutição autorreferidas com doenças crônicas naturais...
Persistent pain is a frequent health problem in the elderly. Its prevalence ranges from 45% to 80%. ...
The practice of physical activities contributes to reducing the risk of chronic diseases and improve...
Considering that elderly people using multiple drugs are prone to a higher vulnerability of their he...
INTRODUCTION: Previous cross-sectional studies have shown a high prevalence of chronic disease and d...
OBJECTIVE: To identify factors associated to fall and recurrent fall episodes among elderly living i...
This study aimed to assess symptoms of insomnia in elderly residents in the community and its associ...
Objective: to analyze the relationship between the distress of the family caregiver and the presenc...
INTRODUCTION: The process of population aging in Brazil has been fast and intense, increasing the pr...
Objective. To characterize the elderly population and their caregivers and to verify the association...
Aging is a degenerative, progressive and complex process that involves physiological, psychological ...
OBJECTIVE: To analyse the clinical, laboratory, treatment and social progress of patients with rheum...
OBJECTIVES: To describe the sociodemographic variables and to identify the health conditions of elde...