TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Life and health conditions among elderly: results of the EpiFloripa Idoso cohort study
JO  - Epidemiologia e serviços de saúde : revista do Sistema Unico de Saúde do Brasil
A1  - Confortin, Susana Cararo
A1  - Schneider, Ione Jayce Ceola
A1  - Antes, Danielle Ledur
A1  - Cembranel, Francieli
A1  - Ono, Lariane Mortean
A1  - Marques, Larissa Pruner
A1  - Borges, Lucélia Justino
A1  - Krug, Rodrigo de Rosso
A1  - d'Orsi, Eleonora
SP  - 305
EP  - 317
VL  - 26
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1679-4974
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742017000200008
ID  - ref1
ER  -