Frequência de ocorrência de doenças crônico-degenerativas em adultos com mais de 50 anos

• Autor(a) principal: Turi, Bruna Camilo [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Codogno, Jamile Sanches [UNESP], Fernandes, Romulo Araujo [UNESP], Amaral, Sandra Lia do [UNESP], Monteiro, Henrique Luiz [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufpel.edu.br/ojs2/index.php/RBAFS/article/view/728; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/126067
• topic: Chronic disease; Exercise; Obesity; Doença crônica; Exercício físico; Obesidade

OBJECTIVE: Describe the prevalence of disease according to classifi cation of nutritional status and physical activity level in users of the Basic Health Unit in the city of Bauru. METHODS: Cross-sectional study involving 117 individuals of both sexes aged over 50 years. We analyzed clinical records of patients, a questionnaire to assess level of physical activity and weight and height were measured to determine nutritional status. Data analysis was performed after dividing the subjects into groups of physical activity, Active / Sedentary and classifi cation of nutritional status: Eutrophic / Obese. The chi-square test was used to analyze the existence of associations. RESULTS: Cardiovascular diseases were more frequent among patients (38.3%), followed by metabolic (28.3%), osteoarticular (25.9%) and tumor (1%). There was an association between higher number of injuries and less physical activity, where active individuals aff ected by four or more diseases were 22.2% versus 77.8% of the sedentary. Analyzing nutritional status and physical activity level, it was observed that increasing the occurrence of injuries was directly proportional to the increase in body mass index and physical inactivity. Among obese, sedentary individuals who had suff ered three or more diseases were 67.3% and 43.8% active. Among the eutrophic 29.4% were active against 18.8% of the sedentary. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of diseases in adults over 50 years is associated with clustering of risk factors like physical activity and nutritional status.