Profile of elderly people served by elderly health attention program in Belém, Pará state

• Autor(a) principal: Monteiro,Jefferson de Abreu
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Rocha,Manuela Lima Carvalho da, Silva,Rita de Cássia Gaspar da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://ggaging.com/details/165
• topic: Health profile. Health of the elderly. Aging. Epidemiology. Health program. Public health.

<p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To characterize the profile of elderly patients in the elderly health attention program in municipal health units and health care center for the elderly in Bel&eacute;m, Par&aacute;, Brazil.<br> <b>METHOD:</b> Descriptive, cross-sectional and retrospective study. The sample consisted of 1.433 copies of The Health Book of the Elderly Person, of elderly who were consulted in the municipal health between January and December 2010. Statistical analysis was performed with BioEstat software version 5.2.<br> <b>RESULTS:</b> There was a prevalence of elderly people aged 60 to 69 years (53.3%), female (70.4%), low education (43.8%) and married (41.8%). Most seniors reported not to smoke (94.5%), not to consume alcohol (90.9%), to have family support/caregiver (84.7%) and to be independent in daily care (90.2%). Futhermore, 85.8% of the elderly had no fall-related events and 91.8% reported not having a history of hospitalization in the last six months. There was a higher prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (58.6%) and endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (24.2%). The most important diseases were hypertension (53.1%) and diabetes mellitus (17.2%).<br> <b>CONCLUSION:</b> According to the results obtained, this study allowed to profile healthy elderly in Bel&eacute;m, indicating the need to implement preventive and healing actions in health, in order to promote an active aging in this population.</p>