@article{ref1,
title="Life and health conditions among elderly: results of the EpiFloripa Idoso cohort study",
journal="Epidemiologia e serviços de saúde : revista do Sistema Unico de Saúde do Brasil",
year="2017",
author="Confortin, Susana Cararo and Schneider, Ione Jayce Ceola and Antes, Danielle Ledur and Cembranel, Francieli and Ono, Lariane Mortean and Marques, Larissa Pruner and Borges, Lucélia Justino and Krug, Rodrigo de Rosso and d'Orsi, Eleonora",
volume="26",
number="2",
pages="305-317",
abstract="OBJECTIVE:: to identify sociodemographic, behavioral and health changes in a follow-up of participants in the health survey EpiFloripa Idoso. <br><br>METHODS:: this is a population-based longitudinal study with elderly individuals in Florianópolis-SC, Brazil. <br><br>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%). <br><br>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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1679-4974",
doi="10.5123/S1679-49742017000200008",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742017000200008"
}