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The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of Common Mental Disorder (CMD) and to verify its association with functional disability in the elderly. Cross-sectional study with application of the instruments: sociodemographic, health, behavioral data, Self-Reporting Questionnaire, Katz Index and Lawton and Brody Scale. The prevalence of CMD was 37.2% and it was found to be associated with sex, health perception, nervous system disease and functional disability in BADL and IADL. 

Aging is a heterogeneous process with morphological, biochemical and psychological changes that affect motor skills in carrying out the daily activities of the elderly. The aim of the study was to compare the elderly with and without fear of falling in relation to motor performance and quality of life; and correlate the fear of falling with motor performance and quality of life. This is a cross-sectional field study with a quantitative approach developed with 42 elderly people from the Rehabilitation Center in physiotherapy in the city of Mogi das Cruzes, SP, Brazil. The performance of Daily Life Activities, Instrumental Daily Life Activity, fear of falling, quality of life, motor performance and handgrip strength were verified. Elderly people who attend a Rehabilitation Center in Mogi das Cruzes, SP, Brazil, have a relationship between motor performance and functional capacity with the fear of falling. 

This study investigated whether there is a difference between body image and genital self-image in women with and without urinary incontinence, as well as the presence of sociodemographic factors and gynecological history of 132 elderly women. Incontinent elderly women showed a statistically significant difference in marital status, presence of warts and number of deliveries in relation to those who had no losses. Body image and genital self-image did not differ between groups. 

This article aims to investigate the experience of the main female family caregiver of the elderly dependent. A qualitative study was carried out, in which eight main family caregivers were interviewed. From the discursive material, five categories of analysis emerged. It is concluded that the experience of caring for dependent elderly people generates physical and emotional overload, with losses in the personal, family and social spheres of the family caregiver's life.

With the advancement of modernity, health professions focus their studies on isolated diseases, leaving the experience of the diseased to the side. The aim of this study was to learn how a group of elderly people explain the causality of the chronic diseases that affect them. This is a qualitative study conducted with 54 elders, health insurance users, residents of the cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The interviewed group points to the interaction of various causal models, which leads to the thought of a common cultural construction, an explanatory model about the causality of the chronic diseases that affect them. 

The area of Palliative Care (PC) aims at the quality of life to the patient (QLP) who has a disease that has no prognosis for cure. Objective: Carry out an integrative review of the literature on PC in the field of Speech Therapy. Methods: a search was performed considering the descriptors “Palliative Care” and “Speech Therapy”. Results: eight studies met the inclusion criteria. Conclusion: Speech therapy in the area of PC, still has little scientific evidence, however, it is possible to identify its contribution to improving the QLP. 

Objective: To evaluate the lifestyle and its relations with fat free body mass in elderly people. Method: This was a cross-sectional study, in which 65 long-lived residents of São Paulo city (SP, Brazil) were evaluated. All participants answered the sociodemographic questionnaire and the Profile Lifestyle instrument, in addition to performing the bioimpedance exam and Walking Test. Results: The mean age was 78.8±4.4, and the mean body mass index was 27.4±5.6. Of the respondents, 61.6% were women. The average lifestyle score was 32.12 points. A significant correlation was found between the lifestyle components and the fat free mass index. Conclusion: Significant positive correlation was found between lifestyle components and fat free mass. Most people have an excellent lifestyle and body composition is healthy, with a significant percentage of fat free mass. 

The aim of this study is to present how a group of elderly people with various chronic diseases, linked to health insurance, manages their treatment and whether their participation in a specific chronic disease management program interferes (or not) in this self-management. It was noted that this group of people have their own behavior when dealing with their prescribed treatment, that give them control over their illnesses and their bodies, selecting information and reinterpreting their relationship with falling ill. It is part of your medical knowledge.

Objectives: to identify how resilience is expressed among women with diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) in a municipality in the southwest region of Bahia and to analyze the relationship between resilience and sociodemographic characteristics and health. Method: A cross-sectional, prospective research, developed among 50 women with DM2 in 2013, using the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) and sociodemographic data. Results: showed that the average value of DM2 impact on quality of life of women is similar to that found in other studies that investigated people with an diabetes, with average resilience scale CD-RISC of 79.48. There was an association between resilience and religion and the impact of the quality of life of patients with Diabetes in general. We conclude that interventions that enable the promotion of resilience in women with diabetes type 2 can increase the positive outcomes of life and make them more confident in their treatment to improve glycemic control. 

The objective of this article was to evaluate the conditions associated with self-perceived oral health in 60 elderly people living in the rural area of ​​a municipality in Paraná, in the 2018-2020 interstice. Although the majority of the elderly people presented positive self-perception of oral health, negative self-perception was shown. if associated with unfavorable dental clinical condition and functions of the stomatognathic system.

The occurrence of falls in aging represents a serious public health problem. We searched the literature for clinical studies that presented therapeutic exercises / kinesiotherapy to prevent and minimize falls. This is a literature review of clinical trials evaluated by the PEDro methodological quality scale (Physiotherapy Evidence Database). Short-term and long-term home therapeutic exercises were found, the OEP (Otago Exercise Program) proved to be effective, significantly reduced falls and improved quality of life for the elderly fallers. 

Prudence and vigilance mark the accelerated phenomenon of population aging, which demonstrates an international concern in the field of health, politics, and economics. Aging starts justifying the redefinition of policies and programs that aim to transform the global profile of old age. New political modes for the management of the elderly population are emerging. Aging is now conceived in accordance with strict normative standards. The biological view of aging predominates. Old age becomes the subject of a number of practices that are linked to medical discourse, from healthy aging to quality of life and old age. The illogical aging body refers to the understanding that, despite all social frames, growing old can become a transgressive process, by challenging aesthetic standards and the cultural and political modeling. The illogical, unexpected, insurgent can be an affirmative and sensitive component of the life of those who age.

We sought clinical trials published in the last ten years on prosthetized elderly who underwent kinesiotherapeutic protocols to recover functionality after full knee prosthesis. A literature review was performed in the PEDro, PubMed and SciELO databases. Most studies presented effective protocols for elderly patients with total knee prosthesis that consisted of isometric, isotonic, aerobic, and resistance therapeutic exercise programs. 

Quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study with the objective of assessing the pressure threshold of the pelvic floor of 14 elderly women. An adapted evaluation form and a manual dynamometer were used to assess the pressure pain threshold. The pressure threshold for pain in the pelvic floor was similar between the sides and did not show statistically significant differences. The internal consistency was considered satisfactory. Further research is needed to better identify the reasons and consequences of pelvic pain in elderly women.

This article has as its focus a theme that is hardly analyzed in the academic production on Human Rights: friendship and intergenerational care in popular culture. The article is based on a research that discussed friendship as mutual care and expansion of the practice of citizenship among children, youth and senior citizens. The authors discuss the importance of friendship and intergenerational care, revealing that they strengthen the right the involved actors have to live in family and community contexts.  

The objective was to identify the population niches of elderly people who were interviewed with the Barthel Index in the national scientific scenario. It is a review of scientific literature of the narrative type, with articles selected from 2008 to 2018 in the following databases: LILACS, BVS, and the CAPES Journal Portal. 57 articles were found, but only five were part of this research. The instrument in question was validated for a sample of elderly outpatients, but it was used for the elderly in different social niches. 

The aim of this study was to analyze the profile and risk of in-hospital death and after 30 days of discharge of elderly people who came into contact with the femur from September 2015 to July 2016. This is a cohort study from the quantitative, longitudinal and prospective type. There was no association between femur fracture and in-hospital death and up to 30 days after discharge; however, the elderly diagnosed with femur fracture were associated with the development of in-hospital complications and hospital immobility.  

Objective is to describe the clinical and surgical profile of elderly people. This is a descriptive and retrospective study, with a quantitative approach. The study sample consists of 130 records of elderly people who underwent surgery. Demographic characteristics have been described; the clinical profile; the surgical profile; and the main complications. The study allowed to identify characteristics of the elderly population served, which will subsidize the planning of the assistance provided 

Balance dysfunctions can occur due to the aging process. This is a methodological study carried out to identify and discuss therapeutic exercise programs carried out in the aquatic environment applied to balance disorders in the elderly. Therapeutic exercise programs carried out in the aquatic environment of the resisted and non-resisted type carried out in the short to long, medium and long term have been suggested. Kinesiotherapeutic exercises are effective in maintaining and improving the balance of the elderly. However, more studies with good methodological quality need to be conducted for a better basis in clinical practice. 

The study aimed to identify knowledge, perceptions and experiences among Community Health Workers (CHW) regarding the health of the elderly. A questionnaire with open and closed questions was applied. Participated in this study 43 CHW, with female predominance. The general analysis showed low level of knowledge about official instruments on health of the elderly; meanings differing between the pathological, the social and the integral, related to the health of the elderly. It concludes the imminent need for improvement / updating of CHWs, with a view to enabling them to better address the field situations that involve assisting the aged population.Keywords: