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DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20016732.v1
title: Antidepressant use and the components of the frailty syndrome

description: Abstract Objective: to evaluate the effects of antidepressant use on components of frailty. Methods: a cross-sectional and analytical study comparing groups of users and non-users of antidepressants was carried out in a municipal region in the south of Brazil. The research was linked to the matrix study "Health of Elderly Persons in Primary Care". The sample was selected through access to the database of the matrix study from which two groups were extracted: users (n=87) and non-users (n=114) of antidepressants. After selection of the groups, data collection was carried out between June and September 2016 in the homes of the elderly, and included information on sociodemographic characteristics, use of medications and the evaluation of frailty. Pearson's Chi-square hypothesis test was used to verify the association between the groups and the Odds Ratio (OR) was used to calculate risk. Results: The prevalence of frailty was 62.7% and was associated with the group that used antidepressants. Among the components of frailty an association between the user group and fatigue, low gait speed and unintentional weight loss was found. A greater risk of frailty among elderly persons using tricyclic antidepressants and antidepressants potentially inappropriate for the elderly was identified. Conclusions: an association between frailty and antidepressant use was found. These results indicate the need for the clinical evaluation of the risks and benefits of prescribing antidepressants for the elderly; and reveal that when treatment begins, the monitoring and assessment of geriatric characteristics are required to ensure the safety and quality of life of the elderly.
DOI: 10.3886/e172123
title: Supplementary data for: The Matching Multiplier and the Amplification of Recessions

description: The project explores the heterogeneous incidence of aggregate shocks
DOI: 10.3886/e172123v1
title: Supplementary data for: The Matching Multiplier and the Amplification of Recessions

description: The project explores the heterogeneous incidence of aggregate shocks
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20016733
title: Quality of life of participants and non-participants of public physical exercise programs

description: Abstract Objective: to compare the quality of life of elderly participants and non-participants of public physical exercise programs. Method: a control, analytical and cross-sectional study analyzing 108 elderly participants of public exercise programs (SG) and 126 non-participants (CG) in the city of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil, was performed. An initial Assessment Form, the Mental State Mini-Exam, the short version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, the World Health Organization Quality of Life - Bref (Whoqol-Bref) and the World Health Organization Quality of Life - Old (Whoqol-Old) were used. Comparison of socio-demographic profile and health conditions was performed using the Chi-squared test, while comparison of the quality of life of the SG and the CG was performed using covariance analysis (ANCOVA), followed by the post-hoc Tukey test. Results: the elderly persons in the SG had higher mean scores than those of the CG in all the Whoqol-Bref and Whoqol-Old domains (p&lt;0.05). The active elderly in the CG did not exhibit differences in relation to the insufficiently active or sedentary members of the CG for any Whoqol-Bref or Whoqol-old domain (p≥0.05). Conclusion: the elderly participants in public physical exercise programs had a better perception of quality of life than non-participating elderly persons, and it was found that simply being active may not be enough to guarantee a better quality of life.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20016733.v1
title: Quality of life of participants and non-participants of public physical exercise programs

description: Abstract Objective: to compare the quality of life of elderly participants and non-participants of public physical exercise programs. Method: a control, analytical and cross-sectional study analyzing 108 elderly participants of public exercise programs (SG) and 126 non-participants (CG) in the city of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil, was performed. An initial Assessment Form, the Mental State Mini-Exam, the short version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire, the World Health Organization Quality of Life - Bref (Whoqol-Bref) and the World Health Organization Quality of Life - Old (Whoqol-Old) were used. Comparison of socio-demographic profile and health conditions was performed using the Chi-squared test, while comparison of the quality of life of the SG and the CG was performed using covariance analysis (ANCOVA), followed by the post-hoc Tukey test. Results: the elderly persons in the SG had higher mean scores than those of the CG in all the Whoqol-Bref and Whoqol-Old domains (p&lt;0.05). The active elderly in the CG did not exhibit differences in relation to the insufficiently active or sedentary members of the CG for any Whoqol-Bref or Whoqol-old domain (p≥0.05). Conclusion: the elderly participants in public physical exercise programs had a better perception of quality of life than non-participating elderly persons, and it was found that simply being active may not be enough to guarantee a better quality of life.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20016668
title: Teste de confiabilidade

description: Teste de confiabilidade
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20016668.v2
title: Teste de confiabilidade

description: Teste de confiabilidade
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20016668.v1
title: Untitled Item

description: Teste de confiabilidade
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20016735
title: Difficulties encountered in care for elderly persons with dementia: coping based on participatory research

description: Abstract Objective: to analyze the proposal of an action plan created by nurses to deal with difficulties in caring for the elderly. The aim of the present study was therefore to analyze the difficulties that family caregivers find in relation to access to services, material resources and the support network when meeting the care needs of the elderly in accordance with Brazilian public policy. Method: the methodology of participatory research and content analysis proposed by Bardin was used. The context was the Geriatric service of a university hospital. The group of co-researchers included eight nurses and 12 caregivers of elderly people with dementia. Results: the following categories emerged from the analysis: contradictions and work proposals. The contradictions category revealed reflections about the difference between the proposed care for the elderly and the reality of a lack of care and the precarious conditions of health services. This situation leads to overburdening of caregivers. The work proposals refer to the strategies used by nurses to establish a relationship of support to family caregivers to cope with the difficulties involved in care for the elderly. Conclusion: nurses recognize that they are professionals capable of receiving, listening to and managing the needs of family caregivers of the elderly, thus promoting the health of the elderly and the caregivers themselves, preparing the family of the patient for home care and coping with difficulties experienced in elderly care.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20016735.v1
title: Difficulties encountered in care for elderly persons with dementia: coping based on participatory research

description: Abstract Objective: to analyze the proposal of an action plan created by nurses to deal with difficulties in caring for the elderly. The aim of the present study was therefore to analyze the difficulties that family caregivers find in relation to access to services, material resources and the support network when meeting the care needs of the elderly in accordance with Brazilian public policy. Method: the methodology of participatory research and content analysis proposed by Bardin was used. The context was the Geriatric service of a university hospital. The group of co-researchers included eight nurses and 12 caregivers of elderly people with dementia. Results: the following categories emerged from the analysis: contradictions and work proposals. The contradictions category revealed reflections about the difference between the proposed care for the elderly and the reality of a lack of care and the precarious conditions of health services. This situation leads to overburdening of caregivers. The work proposals refer to the strategies used by nurses to establish a relationship of support to family caregivers to cope with the difficulties involved in care for the elderly. Conclusion: nurses recognize that they are professionals capable of receiving, listening to and managing the needs of family caregivers of the elderly, thus promoting the health of the elderly and the caregivers themselves, preparing the family of the patient for home care and coping with difficulties experienced in elderly care.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20016736
title: Rheumatoid arthritis: profile of patients and burden of caregivers

description: Abstract Objective: to describe the profile of patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and their caregivers receiving care at the Rheumatology Outpatient Clinic of a teaching hospital, and evaluate the burden of the caregivers. Method: a cross-sectional study was performed with 41 patients with RA and their caregivers using a questionnaire to identify sociodemographic variables; the Burden Interview Scale and the Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire. Descriptive analyzes and comparison between clinical-demographic variables and the functional status of patients were performed and the correlation between sociodemographic variables and levels of burden of caregivers was tested. Results: there was a prevalence of female patients (87.8%); a mean age of 64.4 years (±12.9); a mean time for the diagnosis of RA of 13.5 years (±8.5), a prevalence of moderate disability (39.0%); lower disability in the Hygiene domain (1.6; ±0.5) and greater disability in the Other Activities of Daily Life (2.1; ±0.6), Reach (2.0; ±0.7) and Grip (2.0; ±0.7) domains. The caregivers were women (73.2%); aged between 17 and 81 years (mean: 46.8; ±15.1); with a high school education (41.4%). The degree of kinship was 56.2% offspring and 36.6% spouses. Eighteen (44.0%) caregivers suffered burden, nine (22.0%) of whom had mild burden and nine (22.0%) of whom suffered intense burden. There was a higher incidence of intense burden among spouses (12.2%) and mild burden among children (12.2%). Conclusion: the low occurrence of burden among caregivers may be related to the profile of the patients, who presented good levels of independence for self-care. The profile of caregivers and the prevalence of overburdened spouses and offspring shows the need and importance of the implementation of caregiver training by health service professionals to improve care for RA patients.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20016736.v1
title: Rheumatoid arthritis: profile of patients and burden of caregivers

description: Abstract Objective: to describe the profile of patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and their caregivers receiving care at the Rheumatology Outpatient Clinic of a teaching hospital, and evaluate the burden of the caregivers. Method: a cross-sectional study was performed with 41 patients with RA and their caregivers using a questionnaire to identify sociodemographic variables; the Burden Interview Scale and the Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire. Descriptive analyzes and comparison between clinical-demographic variables and the functional status of patients were performed and the correlation between sociodemographic variables and levels of burden of caregivers was tested. Results: there was a prevalence of female patients (87.8%); a mean age of 64.4 years (±12.9); a mean time for the diagnosis of RA of 13.5 years (±8.5), a prevalence of moderate disability (39.0%); lower disability in the Hygiene domain (1.6; ±0.5) and greater disability in the Other Activities of Daily Life (2.1; ±0.6), Reach (2.0; ±0.7) and Grip (2.0; ±0.7) domains. The caregivers were women (73.2%); aged between 17 and 81 years (mean: 46.8; ±15.1); with a high school education (41.4%). The degree of kinship was 56.2% offspring and 36.6% spouses. Eighteen (44.0%) caregivers suffered burden, nine (22.0%) of whom had mild burden and nine (22.0%) of whom suffered intense burden. There was a higher incidence of intense burden among spouses (12.2%) and mild burden among children (12.2%). Conclusion: the low occurrence of burden among caregivers may be related to the profile of the patients, who presented good levels of independence for self-care. The profile of caregivers and the prevalence of overburdened spouses and offspring shows the need and importance of the implementation of caregiver training by health service professionals to improve care for RA patients.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20016738
title: Prevalence and factors associated with the performance of prostate cancer screening in the elderly: a population-based study

description: Abstract Objective: to identify the prevalence and factors associated with preventive examinations for the screening of prostate cancer in the elderly. Methods: a cross-sectional population-based study of 181 men aged ≥60 years who were residents of a small city in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, was carried out. The dependent variable was considered to be the performance of preventive prostate cancer tests in the past two years and the independent variables were those related to health and sociodemographic characteristics. To test the association between the outcome and the independent variables, gross and multivariable analysis using Poisson regression was performed, estimating the gross and adjusted prevalence ratios, calculating the confidence intervals of 95%. All variables with p≤0.20 were included in the multiple model. Results: the prevalence of preventive examinations for prostate cancer was 89%. The tests used were the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) (85.7%), followed by tests performed in combination: rectal examination and PSA (9.3%), rectal examination, ultrasound and PSA (3.1%), rectal examination and ultrasound (1.3%) and ultrasound and PSA (0.6%). In multivariate analysis, the variables retirement and marital status were the independent factors associated with the carrying out of at least one preventive examination of the prostate. Conclusions: The findings demonstrate that being retired increases the likelihood of carrying out preventive examinations and having a partner, being married or cohabiting increases the likelihood of undergoing tests.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20016738.v1
title: Prevalence and factors associated with the performance of prostate cancer screening in the elderly: a population-based study

description: Abstract Objective: to identify the prevalence and factors associated with preventive examinations for the screening of prostate cancer in the elderly. Methods: a cross-sectional population-based study of 181 men aged ≥60 years who were residents of a small city in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, was carried out. The dependent variable was considered to be the performance of preventive prostate cancer tests in the past two years and the independent variables were those related to health and sociodemographic characteristics. To test the association between the outcome and the independent variables, gross and multivariable analysis using Poisson regression was performed, estimating the gross and adjusted prevalence ratios, calculating the confidence intervals of 95%. All variables with p≤0.20 were included in the multiple model. Results: the prevalence of preventive examinations for prostate cancer was 89%. The tests used were the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) (85.7%), followed by tests performed in combination: rectal examination and PSA (9.3%), rectal examination, ultrasound and PSA (3.1%), rectal examination and ultrasound (1.3%) and ultrasound and PSA (0.6%). In multivariate analysis, the variables retirement and marital status were the independent factors associated with the carrying out of at least one preventive examination of the prostate. Conclusions: The findings demonstrate that being retired increases the likelihood of carrying out preventive examinations and having a partner, being married or cohabiting increases the likelihood of undergoing tests.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20016739
title: The frailty syndrome in institutionalized elderly persons

description: Abstract Objective: to analyze the relationship between the level of frailty and sociodemographic and health characteristics among elderly residents of a long-term care facility (LTCF) in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. Method: this descriptive and cross-sectional study included 56 elderly persons living in a LTCF. Data were collected from April to June 2016. A questionnaire addressing sociodemographic and health profiles was used together with the Mini-Mental State Examination, the Tilburg Frailty Indicator, the Barthel Index, and the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15). Descriptive statistics were applied. The normality of the continuous variables was tested using the Shapiro-Wilk test. Spearman’s correlation was used for the continuous variables with frailty as the dependent variable. Result: Most elderly individuals were female (57.1%); the average age was 77.77; and 35.7% were widowed. In terms of health, 55.4% presented cognitive deficit; 62.5% had depression symptoms; 75.0% were considered frail; 42.9% had suffered falls in the last 12 months; and the individuals scored an average of 68.30 in the Barthel Index. A positive correlation between the frailty score and the GDS-15 (r=0.538; p=0.00) was observed, while a negative correlation was found between frailty and the Barthel Index (r=-0.302; p=0.02). Conclusion: increased frailty among institutionalized elderly persons is correlated with the presence of depressive symptoms and inferior performance of basic activities of daily living. The results of the present study can support the planning of care provided to elderly individuals living in LTCFs and encourage broader assessments of these individuals.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20016739.v1
title: The frailty syndrome in institutionalized elderly persons

description: Abstract Objective: to analyze the relationship between the level of frailty and sociodemographic and health characteristics among elderly residents of a long-term care facility (LTCF) in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. Method: this descriptive and cross-sectional study included 56 elderly persons living in a LTCF. Data were collected from April to June 2016. A questionnaire addressing sociodemographic and health profiles was used together with the Mini-Mental State Examination, the Tilburg Frailty Indicator, the Barthel Index, and the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15). Descriptive statistics were applied. The normality of the continuous variables was tested using the Shapiro-Wilk test. Spearman’s correlation was used for the continuous variables with frailty as the dependent variable. Result: Most elderly individuals were female (57.1%); the average age was 77.77; and 35.7% were widowed. In terms of health, 55.4% presented cognitive deficit; 62.5% had depression symptoms; 75.0% were considered frail; 42.9% had suffered falls in the last 12 months; and the individuals scored an average of 68.30 in the Barthel Index. A positive correlation between the frailty score and the GDS-15 (r=0.538; p=0.00) was observed, while a negative correlation was found between frailty and the Barthel Index (r=-0.302; p=0.02). Conclusion: increased frailty among institutionalized elderly persons is correlated with the presence of depressive symptoms and inferior performance of basic activities of daily living. The results of the present study can support the planning of care provided to elderly individuals living in LTCFs and encourage broader assessments of these individuals.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20016741
title: Influence of symptoms of depression on the quality of life of men diagnosed with prostate cancer

description: Abstract Objective: to evaluate the prevalence of symptoms of depression among men diagnosed with prostate cancer and their association with quality of life and treatment-related factors. Methods: a cross-sectional study of 85 men with a mean age of 66±8 years who were diagnosed with prostate cancer was performed. The survey was based on a questionnaire with previously validated instruments which investigated social, demographic and economic characteristics, the history of the disease, quality of life (European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Questionnaire C30 - EORTC QLQ-C30 / QLQ-PR25) and symptoms of depression (Beck Depression Inventory). The presence of symptoms of depression was considered an outcome, and statistical analyzes were performed using the Chi-square test, Fisher's exact test, Mann Whitney U test and Poisson regression (p&lt;0.05). Results: significant results were found for quality of life in relation to symptoms of depression in the functional, global and symptomatic health scale (p&lt;0.001). This demonstrates that the presence of symptoms of depression is related to a negative quality of life. Conclusions: for a greater understanding of prostate cancer and its consequences on the quality of life of patients it is important to consider possible disorders in psychological aspects caused by the illness, as symptoms of depression are frequent in patients undergoing treatment for prostate cancer.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20016741.v1
title: Influence of symptoms of depression on the quality of life of men diagnosed with prostate cancer

description: Abstract Objective: to evaluate the prevalence of symptoms of depression among men diagnosed with prostate cancer and their association with quality of life and treatment-related factors. Methods: a cross-sectional study of 85 men with a mean age of 66±8 years who were diagnosed with prostate cancer was performed. The survey was based on a questionnaire with previously validated instruments which investigated social, demographic and economic characteristics, the history of the disease, quality of life (European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Questionnaire C30 - EORTC QLQ-C30 / QLQ-PR25) and symptoms of depression (Beck Depression Inventory). The presence of symptoms of depression was considered an outcome, and statistical analyzes were performed using the Chi-square test, Fisher's exact test, Mann Whitney U test and Poisson regression (p&lt;0.05). Results: significant results were found for quality of life in relation to symptoms of depression in the functional, global and symptomatic health scale (p&lt;0.001). This demonstrates that the presence of symptoms of depression is related to a negative quality of life. Conclusions: for a greater understanding of prostate cancer and its consequences on the quality of life of patients it is important to consider possible disorders in psychological aspects caused by the illness, as symptoms of depression are frequent in patients undergoing treatment for prostate cancer.