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Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2011
Mundo saúde (Impr.), 1999
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate health self-perception (HSP) and the socio-demog... more OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate health self-perception (HSP) and the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics in a group of elderly people attending activity groups at Regional Norte in the city of Belo Horizonte, in the state of Minas Gerais, and to verify the correlation with the frailty phenotype. METHODS: Elderly people (65 years old or more) attending the groups, with no distinction of race, gender or social class. Those with dependent gait, visual, hearing or phonatory deficits, neurological diseases, pain, cognitive dysfunctions (MMSE) were excluded. The sociodemographic and clinical variables and HSP were informed during the interview. The frailty phenotype was identified with the presence of: weight loss; slow walking speed; low physical activity; low grip strength, and exhaustion. The statistical analysis was done by descriptive and frequencies analyses, and the association was made with chi-square test (\u3b1 = 5%). RESULTS: Seventeen hundred elderl...
Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia, 2013
O objetivo do estudo foi verificar a prevalência da síndrome de fragilidade e sua relação com a c... more O objetivo do estudo foi verificar a prevalência da síndrome de fragilidade e sua relação com a capacidade e o desempenho funcional em idosos frequentadores de grupos de convivência. O perfil de fragilidade foi determinado por meio dos critérios perda de peso não intencional; exaustão; baixa velocidade de marcha; baixa força de preensão manual e baixo consumo calórico. A capacidade funcional foi avaliada pelo Timed Up and Go (TUG) e o desempenho funcional, pelo índice de Lawton. O perfil de fragilidade foi apresentado em frequências e a associação foi analisada pelo teste de correlação de Spearman (α = 5%). Participaram 117 idosos (70,1 ± 7,3 anos). A maioria foi classificada como pré-frágil (51,3%). A média do TUG para os não-frágeis (NF) foi 11,3 s (± 1,9), pré-frágeis (PF) 12,7 s (± 3,4) e frágeis (FF) 16,7 s (± 3,3). O escore médio do Lawton em NF foi 29,8 (± 0,6), PF 28,4 (± 3,3) e FF 27,4 (± 2,8). Houve associação das classes de fragilidade com a capacidade e o desempenho func...
Revista Brasileira De Fisioterapia, 2007
OBJECTIVE: To compare the performance of elderly people with different levels of severity of deme... more OBJECTIVE: To compare the performance of elderly people with different levels of severity of dementia using questionnaires on basic activities of daily living (BADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). Also, to verify whether there were any association between the IADL questionnaires applied. METHOD: Ninety elderly people, aged 75.46 ± 7.66 years with a clinical diagnosis of dementia (DSM-IV/APA) who were seen at the Minas Gerais Reference Center for the Elderly, were randomized selected and classified according to the level of severity of their dementia (Clinical Dementia Rating). Their BADLs were assessed using the Katz Index and their IADLs by the Lawton-Brody and Pfeffer indexes. The Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests were used in order to investigate the elderly people's performance regarding BADLs, while the Spearman correlation was used to investigate the relationships among the IADL (a< 0.05). RESULTS: Statistically significant differences in perf...
Introduction: Accurate measures of physical activity to establish dose-response relationship in h... more Introduction: Accurate measures of physical activity to establish dose-response relationship in health outcomes are still controversial. Scales that estimate caloric expenditure are proposed with a view to categorizing the phenomenon globally. Objective: To carry out a factor analysis of the structure of the Minnesota Leisure Time Activities Questionnaire-Brazilian Portuguese, and propose a new adapted version for the Brazilian elderly community. Methods: Participants were elderly female members of the community, without any distinction in terms of ethnic group and/or social class, who frequented extension projects of two higher education institutions. Those with cognitive impairments; dependence on walking aids; musculoskeletal pain in the last two weeks and neurological diseases were excluded from the study. All participants answered the questionnaire with sociodemographic and clinical data and the Minnesota Leisure Time Activities Questionnaire-Brazilian Portuguese version. We determined whether each activity had been undertaken by the participants and the average number of times it was performed over the last two weeks, considering average time, in minutes, on each occasion. Each activity was considered a single item and energy expenditure was calculated according to the authors' instructions. We used factor analysis with Varimax orthogonal rotation, excluding items whose variance was equal to zero. Correlation between items was determined using the Pearson correlation matrix. Internal consistency between items, before and after the factor analysis, was verified using Cronbach's α coefficient. 5% significance level. Results: Participants were 220 women (70.8 ± 5.9 years). The factor analysis resulted in 10 components, which explained, in total, 61.87% of the variance of the total score on the scale. Each component was composed of one, two or three aggregate items. Internal consistency by Cronbach's α coefficient was 0.30. Conclusion: The factor analysis of the structure of the Minnesota Leisure Time Activities Questionnaire-Brazilian Portuguese-has shown a new range with 10 components, which explained, in total, more than 60% of the variance of the total score on the scale, yet with low internal consistency. Level of Evidence III; Study of nonconsecutive patients; without consistently applied reference ''gold'' standard.
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The objective was to perform a cross-cultural adaptation of the Southampton Assessment of Mobilit... more The objective was to perform a cross-cultural adaptation of the Southampton Assessment of Mobility and test its intra- and inter-examiner reliability for Brazilian elderly living in the community and diagnosed with dementia, with severity classified according to the Clinical Dementia Rating. The instrument was applied to 107 elderly (76.26 years +/- 7.59; 27.1% males, 72.9% females) diagnosed with dementia by the geriatric clinic at the university hospital of the Federal University in Minas Gerais. From the initial group, a randomized sample of 39 elderly (76.85 years +/- 7.75; 23.1% males, 76.9% females) was selected for the reliability tests. The statistical tool was the kappa test. The respective reliability indices were: mild dementia - 0.89-0.86; moderate - 0.79-0.85; and severe - 0.53-0.49. After cross-cultural adaptation and reliability tests, the instrument proved adequate for the target population, with "near-perfect" reliability for mild and moderate dementia. Fo...
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2011
Mundo saúde (Impr.), 1999
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate health self-perception (HSP) and the socio-demog... more OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate health self-perception (HSP) and the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics in a group of elderly people attending activity groups at Regional Norte in the city of Belo Horizonte, in the state of Minas Gerais, and to verify the correlation with the frailty phenotype. METHODS: Elderly people (65 years old or more) attending the groups, with no distinction of race, gender or social class. Those with dependent gait, visual, hearing or phonatory deficits, neurological diseases, pain, cognitive dysfunctions (MMSE) were excluded. The sociodemographic and clinical variables and HSP were informed during the interview. The frailty phenotype was identified with the presence of: weight loss; slow walking speed; low physical activity; low grip strength, and exhaustion. The statistical analysis was done by descriptive and frequencies analyses, and the association was made with chi-square test (\u3b1 = 5%). RESULTS: Seventeen hundred elderl...
Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia, 2013
O objetivo do estudo foi verificar a prevalência da síndrome de fragilidade e sua relação com a c... more O objetivo do estudo foi verificar a prevalência da síndrome de fragilidade e sua relação com a capacidade e o desempenho funcional em idosos frequentadores de grupos de convivência. O perfil de fragilidade foi determinado por meio dos critérios perda de peso não intencional; exaustão; baixa velocidade de marcha; baixa força de preensão manual e baixo consumo calórico. A capacidade funcional foi avaliada pelo Timed Up and Go (TUG) e o desempenho funcional, pelo índice de Lawton. O perfil de fragilidade foi apresentado em frequências e a associação foi analisada pelo teste de correlação de Spearman (α = 5%). Participaram 117 idosos (70,1 ± 7,3 anos). A maioria foi classificada como pré-frágil (51,3%). A média do TUG para os não-frágeis (NF) foi 11,3 s (± 1,9), pré-frágeis (PF) 12,7 s (± 3,4) e frágeis (FF) 16,7 s (± 3,3). O escore médio do Lawton em NF foi 29,8 (± 0,6), PF 28,4 (± 3,3) e FF 27,4 (± 2,8). Houve associação das classes de fragilidade com a capacidade e o desempenho func...
Revista Brasileira De Fisioterapia, 2007
OBJECTIVE: To compare the performance of elderly people with different levels of severity of deme... more OBJECTIVE: To compare the performance of elderly people with different levels of severity of dementia using questionnaires on basic activities of daily living (BADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). Also, to verify whether there were any association between the IADL questionnaires applied. METHOD: Ninety elderly people, aged 75.46 ± 7.66 years with a clinical diagnosis of dementia (DSM-IV/APA) who were seen at the Minas Gerais Reference Center for the Elderly, were randomized selected and classified according to the level of severity of their dementia (Clinical Dementia Rating). Their BADLs were assessed using the Katz Index and their IADLs by the Lawton-Brody and Pfeffer indexes. The Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests were used in order to investigate the elderly people's performance regarding BADLs, while the Spearman correlation was used to investigate the relationships among the IADL (a< 0.05). RESULTS: Statistically significant differences in perf...
Introduction: Accurate measures of physical activity to establish dose-response relationship in h... more Introduction: Accurate measures of physical activity to establish dose-response relationship in health outcomes are still controversial. Scales that estimate caloric expenditure are proposed with a view to categorizing the phenomenon globally. Objective: To carry out a factor analysis of the structure of the Minnesota Leisure Time Activities Questionnaire-Brazilian Portuguese, and propose a new adapted version for the Brazilian elderly community. Methods: Participants were elderly female members of the community, without any distinction in terms of ethnic group and/or social class, who frequented extension projects of two higher education institutions. Those with cognitive impairments; dependence on walking aids; musculoskeletal pain in the last two weeks and neurological diseases were excluded from the study. All participants answered the questionnaire with sociodemographic and clinical data and the Minnesota Leisure Time Activities Questionnaire-Brazilian Portuguese version. We determined whether each activity had been undertaken by the participants and the average number of times it was performed over the last two weeks, considering average time, in minutes, on each occasion. Each activity was considered a single item and energy expenditure was calculated according to the authors' instructions. We used factor analysis with Varimax orthogonal rotation, excluding items whose variance was equal to zero. Correlation between items was determined using the Pearson correlation matrix. Internal consistency between items, before and after the factor analysis, was verified using Cronbach's α coefficient. 5% significance level. Results: Participants were 220 women (70.8 ± 5.9 years). The factor analysis resulted in 10 components, which explained, in total, 61.87% of the variance of the total score on the scale. Each component was composed of one, two or three aggregate items. Internal consistency by Cronbach's α coefficient was 0.30. Conclusion: The factor analysis of the structure of the Minnesota Leisure Time Activities Questionnaire-Brazilian Portuguese-has shown a new range with 10 components, which explained, in total, more than 60% of the variance of the total score on the scale, yet with low internal consistency. Level of Evidence III; Study of nonconsecutive patients; without consistently applied reference ''gold'' standard.
Cadernos de Saúde Pública
The objective was to perform a cross-cultural adaptation of the Southampton Assessment of Mobilit... more The objective was to perform a cross-cultural adaptation of the Southampton Assessment of Mobility and test its intra- and inter-examiner reliability for Brazilian elderly living in the community and diagnosed with dementia, with severity classified according to the Clinical Dementia Rating. The instrument was applied to 107 elderly (76.26 years +/- 7.59; 27.1% males, 72.9% females) diagnosed with dementia by the geriatric clinic at the university hospital of the Federal University in Minas Gerais. From the initial group, a randomized sample of 39 elderly (76.85 years +/- 7.75; 23.1% males, 76.9% females) was selected for the reliability tests. The statistical tool was the kappa test. The respective reliability indices were: mild dementia - 0.89-0.86; moderate - 0.79-0.85; and severe - 0.53-0.49. After cross-cultural adaptation and reliability tests, the instrument proved adequate for the target population, with "near-perfect" reliability for mild and moderate dementia. Fo...