Aging and vulnerability: an analysis of 1,062 elderly persons

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Autor(a) principal: Cruz,Rubia Rosalinn da
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Beltrame,Vilma, Dallacosta,Fabiana Meneghetti
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia
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Resumo: Abstract Objective: To analyze the vulnerability of non-institutionalized elderly persons. Method: A cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study was carried out using data of the City Health Department of Palmas, Paraná, Brazil, and the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) instrument. The questionnaires of people aged over 60 years who had answered the VES-13 questionnaire between January 2016 and December 2017 were included. The quantitative data were analyzed by the Student’s T-Test and the categorical data by the Chi-square and Fisher’s Exact Test. The correlation between the quantitative variables was performed by the Pearson correlation coefficient. Results: A total of 1,062 questionnaires were analyzed, of which 57.3% were female, with a mean age 69 (±7.8) years. In total 427 individuals (40.2%) were vulnerable and 635 (59.8%) were not vulnerable according to VES-13 score. A total of 635 (59.8%) elderly persons were classified as robust, 176 (16.6%) as at risk of frailty and 251 (23.6%) as frail. Women and those over 75 years were more vulnerable (p<0.001). Conclusion: Vulnerability was related to the female sex, age over 75 years and the presence of chronic diseases, with these being the priority groups for the elaboration of intervention strategies in the health of the elderly.
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spelling Aging and vulnerability: an analysis of 1,062 elderly personsAgingElderlyHealth VulnerabilityFrail ElderlyAbstract Objective: To analyze the vulnerability of non-institutionalized elderly persons. Method: A cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study was carried out using data of the City Health Department of Palmas, Paraná, Brazil, and the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) instrument. The questionnaires of people aged over 60 years who had answered the VES-13 questionnaire between January 2016 and December 2017 were included. The quantitative data were analyzed by the Student’s T-Test and the categorical data by the Chi-square and Fisher’s Exact Test. The correlation between the quantitative variables was performed by the Pearson correlation coefficient. Results: A total of 1,062 questionnaires were analyzed, of which 57.3% were female, with a mean age 69 (±7.8) years. In total 427 individuals (40.2%) were vulnerable and 635 (59.8%) were not vulnerable according to VES-13 score. A total of 635 (59.8%) elderly persons were classified as robust, 176 (16.6%) as at risk of frailty and 251 (23.6%) as frail. Women and those over 75 years were more vulnerable (p<0.001). Conclusion: Vulnerability was related to the female sex, age over 75 years and the presence of chronic diseases, with these being the priority groups for the elaboration of intervention strategies in the health of the elderly.Universidade do Estado do Rio Janeiro2019-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1809-98232019000300204Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia v.22 n.3 2019reponame:Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologiainstname:Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)instacron:UFRJ10.1590/1981-22562019022.180212info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCruz,Rubia Rosalinn daBeltrame,VilmaDallacosta,Fabiana Meneghettieng2019-09-24T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1809-98232019000300204Revistahttp://revista.unati.uerj.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=1809-9823&lng=pt&nrm=isohttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||revistabgg@gmail.com1981-22561809-9823opendoar:2019-09-24T00:00Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)false
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title Aging and vulnerability: an analysis of 1,062 elderly persons
spellingShingle Aging and vulnerability: an analysis of 1,062 elderly persons
Cruz,Rubia Rosalinn da
Aging
Elderly
Health Vulnerability
Frail Elderly
title_short Aging and vulnerability: an analysis of 1,062 elderly persons
title_full Aging and vulnerability: an analysis of 1,062 elderly persons
title_fullStr Aging and vulnerability: an analysis of 1,062 elderly persons
title_full_unstemmed Aging and vulnerability: an analysis of 1,062 elderly persons
title_sort Aging and vulnerability: an analysis of 1,062 elderly persons
author Cruz,Rubia Rosalinn da
author_facet Cruz,Rubia Rosalinn da
Beltrame,Vilma
Dallacosta,Fabiana Meneghetti
author_role author
author2 Beltrame,Vilma
Dallacosta,Fabiana Meneghetti
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author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Cruz,Rubia Rosalinn da
Beltrame,Vilma
Dallacosta,Fabiana Meneghetti
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Aging
Elderly
Health Vulnerability
Frail Elderly
topic Aging
Elderly
Health Vulnerability
Frail Elderly
description Abstract Objective: To analyze the vulnerability of non-institutionalized elderly persons. Method: A cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study was carried out using data of the City Health Department of Palmas, Paraná, Brazil, and the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) instrument. The questionnaires of people aged over 60 years who had answered the VES-13 questionnaire between January 2016 and December 2017 were included. The quantitative data were analyzed by the Student’s T-Test and the categorical data by the Chi-square and Fisher’s Exact Test. The correlation between the quantitative variables was performed by the Pearson correlation coefficient. Results: A total of 1,062 questionnaires were analyzed, of which 57.3% were female, with a mean age 69 (±7.8) years. In total 427 individuals (40.2%) were vulnerable and 635 (59.8%) were not vulnerable according to VES-13 score. A total of 635 (59.8%) elderly persons were classified as robust, 176 (16.6%) as at risk of frailty and 251 (23.6%) as frail. Women and those over 75 years were more vulnerable (p<0.001). Conclusion: Vulnerability was related to the female sex, age over 75 years and the presence of chronic diseases, with these being the priority groups for the elaboration of intervention strategies in the health of the elderly.
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