Citation

Confortin SC, Schneider IJC, Antes DL, Cembranel F, Ono LM, Marques LP, Borges LJ, Krug RR, d'Orsi E. Epidemiol. Serv. Saude 2017; 26(2): 305-317.

Vernacular Title

Condições de vida e saúde de idosos: resultados do estudo de coorte EpiFloripa Idoso.

Affiliation

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Florianópolis-SC, Brasil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Coordenação-Geral de Desenvolvimento da Epidemiologia em em Serviços / Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde / Ministério da Saúde)

DOI

10.5123/S1679-49742017000200008

PMID

28492772

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:: to identify sociodemographic, behavioral and health changes in a follow-up of participants in the health survey EpiFloripa Idoso.

METHODS:: this is a population-based longitudinal study with elderly individuals in Florianópolis-SC, Brazil.

RESULTS:: 1,702 elderly individuals were interviewed in 2009-2010 and 1,197 in 2013-2014 (response rate: 89.1% and 70.2%, respectively); among followed-up individuals, most of them remained with a partner (53.4%), living with other people (76.0%), not working (78.0%), with positive health perception (44.0%), not using the Internet (67.5%), not smoking (57.5%), not consuming alcohol (53.3%), not physically active (56.3%), consuming <5 servings of fruits/vegetables (57.3%), independent (60.5%), overweight (47.0%), with negative screening for cognitive impairment (69.4%), with no depressive symptoms (72.0%) and not having suffered falls (60.6%).

CONCLUSION:: most elderly did not show significant changes in their sociodemographic, behavioral and health characteristics; the need to rethink more effective actions to improve the elderly health stands out.

Language: en