OBJECTIVE: The risk factors for diseases and premature deaths are important in drawing up preventive measures. This study had the aim of analyzing the risk factors for death among elderly people. METHODS: This study was carried out among participants in the SABE (Health, Wellbeing and Aging) study, in the city of São Paulo in 2000. Interviews were conducted with 2,143 elderly people (60 years old or over), using a standardized questionnaire for the SABE study. The sample was obtained from census tracts, in two stages, with replacements and with probability proportional to the population, and with supplementation of the sample of people aged 75 years or over. The final data were weighted so that they could be expanded. Between the two data collection times, there were 38 deaths which comprised study sample. Logistic regression was utilized for the data analysis, with a significance level of 5%. RESULTS: The risk factors found were: locomotion difficulty, advanced age, male gender, self-assessment of health as "bad" and difficulty in going to the bathroom, OR=3.15; 2.93; 2.90; 2.69 and 2.51, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The results may contribute towards the adoption of preventive measures for elderly people, with the aim of diminishing the expected number of fatal outcomes.
OBJECTIVE: The risk factors for diseases and premature deaths are important in drawing up preventive measures. This study had the aim of analyzing the risk factors for death among elderly people. METHODS: This study was carried out among participants in the SABE (Health, Wellbeing and Aging) study, in the city of São Paulo in 2000. Interviews were conducted with 2,143 elderly people (60 years old or over), using a standardized questionnaire for the SABE study. The sample was obtained from census tracts, in two stages, with replacements and with probability proportional to the population, and with supplementation of the sample of people aged 75 years or over. The final data were weighted so that they could be expanded. Between the two data collection times, there were 38 deaths which comprised study sample. Logistic regression was utilized for the data analysis, with a significance level of 5%. RESULTS: The risk factors found were: locomotion difficulty, advanced age, male gender, self-assessment of health as "bad" and difficulty in going to the bathroom, OR=3.15; 2.93; 2.90; 2.69 and 2.51, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The results may contribute towards the adoption of preventive measures for elderly people, with the aim of diminishing the expected number of fatal outcomes.
Authors: Laíse dos Santos Pereira; Erlane Chaves Freitas; Arduína Sofia Ortet de Barros Vasconcelos Fidalgo; Mônica Coelho Andrade; Darlan da Silva Cândido; José Damião da Silva Filho; Vladimir Michailowsky; Maria de Fátima Oliveira; José Ajax Nogueira Queiroz Journal: Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo Date: 2015 Mar-Apr Impact factor: 1.846
Authors: Vanessa P Corrêa; Susana C Confortin; Eleonora d'Orsi; Antônio R de Sá-Junior; Cesar de Oliveira; Ione J C Schneider Journal: Braz J Psychiatry Date: 2020-08-31 Impact factor: 2.697
Authors: Alejandra Andrea Roman Lay; Carla Ferreira do Nascimento; Fresia Caba Burgos; Angélica Del Carmen Larraín Huerta; René Eduardo Rivera Zeballos; Verónica Pantoja Silva; Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira Duarte Journal: Curr Gerontol Geriatr Res Date: 2020-02-19