Borges Paula Lutiene de Castro e, Bretas Rose Procópio, Azevedo Silvana Fernandes de, Barbosa Juliana Magalhães Machado
Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Ambientais e da Saúde, Centro Universitário de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brasil.
Cad Saude Publica. 2008 Dec;24(12):2798-808. doi: 10.1590/s0102-311x2008001200008.
This study focused on elderly members of community groups, specifically their physical, social, psychological, and economic conditions. A descriptive cross-sectional study included 197 individuals, using the modified Brazilian Old Age Schedule, with questions on physical health, medical services, activities of daily living, social and economic resources, and mental health. The majority of participants were women, widows, and had primary schooling; mean age was 71.66 +/- 6.8 years; 51.27% considered their health good; 85.28% reported at least one illness; 63.96% reported no falls in the previous year; 56.85% reported urinary incontinence (UI). The majority had attended community groups for the elderly for more than five years; 65.99% had a monthly income of up to one minimum wage; and 24.37% displayed depressive symptoms. There was an association between self-perceived health and falls and UI; between falls and neurological, musculoskeletal, and digestive problems and depressive symptoms; between UI and depressive symptoms and activities of daily living; and between family satisfaction and marital status. The health alterations reinforce the epidemiological profile of the elderly and can contribute to orienting collective health measures for this age group.
本研究聚焦于社区群体中的老年人，具体关注他们的身体、社会、心理和经济状况。一项描述性横断面研究纳入了197名个体，采用改良的巴西老年量表，涉及身体健康、医疗服务、日常生活活动、社会和经济资源以及心理健康等方面的问题。大多数参与者为女性、寡妇，接受过小学教育；平均年龄为71.66±6.8岁；51.27%的人认为自己健康状况良好；85.28%的人报告至少患有一种疾病；63.96%的人报告上一年没有跌倒；56.85%的人报告有尿失禁（UI）。大多数人参加老年社区群体超过五年；65.99%的人月收入至多为一份最低工资；24.37%的人表现出抑郁症状。自我感知健康与跌倒及尿失禁之间存在关联；跌倒与神经、肌肉骨骼和消化问题以及抑郁症状之间存在关联；尿失禁与抑郁症状及日常生活活动之间存在关联；家庭满意度与婚姻状况之间存在关联。健康改变强化了老年人的流行病学特征，并有助于为该年龄组制定集体健康措施提供指导。
