[PDF] Top 20 Alcohol use and falls among the elderly in Metropolitan São Paulo, Brazil

... identify the pattern of alcohol use among the elderly and to analyze its association with ...conducted in a sample of Met- ropolitan São Paulo, ... See full document

... Objective: The present study aimed at estimating the prevalence of lifetime sexual abuse among women and at investigating its association with alcohol ...representative and ... See full document

... estimate the prevalence of depressive symptoms in the elderly in São Paulo city, Brazil (SABE Study), in 2006 and to identify risk factors associated with ... See full document

... of the GENACIS project, this paper sought to assess the prevalence of depres- sion in an urban sample in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, as well as the association ... See full document

... compared the pattern of alcohol, legal and illegal drugs use among students of the Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil) in 1996 and ...(1996) and ... See full document

... estimate the self-reported prevalence of falls among elderly users (older than 60 years) of the Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, primary healthcare servic- es in ... See full document

... Well-Being and Aging], a longitudi- nal study with muliple cohorts iniiated in ...addresses the life condiions and health of elderly individuals living in the city of São ... See full document

... insertion and practices at Psychosocial Care Centers for alcohol and drugs in São Paulo City, ...participated in the study. Data were recorded and were analyzed by ... See full document

... of elderly aged 60 years or more, residing in the urban areas of 100 mu- nicipalities in 23 of Brazil’s states – Acre, Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato ... See full document

... describe alcohol use by socioeconomic level and gender among private high school students in the city of São Paulo, ...students in private schools in São ... See full document

... with elderly patients from a primary health care service in a city in the interior of São ...750 elderly subjects in total, 112 were included, 85 were interviewed, and ... See full document

... Objective: The present study aims to evaluate the prevalence of and factors associated with the use of tobacco and alcohol among elderly people living ... See full document

... Alcohol and/or tobacco consumption were considered as the dependent ...variables. The independent variables were grouped into three blocks: demographic and socioeconomic variables ... See full document

... adults and, after successive contact attempts, 393 losses and refusals were recorded ...Of the set of 1,451 elderly interviewed, 1,448 presented complete information on the evaluated ... See full document

... with the instruments assessed constitutes a limitation of this study in that it reduces the statistical power of the ...is the reliability of subjective reports. Despite the fact ... See full document

... resulting in 246 individuals. In order to correct for potential losses and allow greater breakdown of independent variables, 432 elderly individuals were contacted, of which 27 refused to ... See full document

... million elderly persons in India and this will raise to 177 million by 2025 as life expectancy is likely to reach 75yrs by 2025while death rate will be ...7.7%. The population over 55 is ... See full document

... condiciones in- adecuadas de aceras pueden contribuir para pérdidas funcionales en personas mayores, especialmente entre aquellos que son funcionalmente más ... See full document

... evaluate the functional capacity and the risk of falls in elderly ...of the instruments Fall Risck Score and Functional Independence ...Measure. The ... See full document

... In the second stage of the sample, census sectors were chosen within the cities selected in the first ...ones. The sectors were also chosen proportionally to their size, ... See full document