Sleep quality of vulnerable elderly people: associated factors.

Objective: To identify factors associated with poor sleep quality in elderly dependent individuals in social vulnerability.

Method: Cross-sectional study with 59 elderly dependent individuals assisted by Family Health Units in São Carlos/SP. The following tools were used: Katz Index, Lawton and Brody Scale, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination Revised, Fried's Frailty Phenotype, Geriatric Depression Scale (15 items), Perceived Stress Scale, Family APGAR, Social Support Scale from the Medical Outcomes Study, and World Health Organization Quality of Life, abbreviated and "old" versions.

Adaptation, testing, and use of the "iSupport for Dementia" program in different countries: a systematic review.

Unlabelled: The World Health Organization developed the "iSupport for Dementia" program for family caregivers of people with dementia.

Objective: To explore studies on adaptation, randomized clinical trial protocols, and preliminary results of iSupport by unpaid caregivers of people living with dementia in different countries.

Methods: Systematic review.

Translation and cultural adaptation of the Positive Aspects of Caregiving Scale for caregivers of people living with dementia in Brazilian context: a methodological study.

Background: The Positive Aspects of Caregiving (PAC) scale is used to assess psychosocial benefits provided to caregivers by the task of caring. The PAC scale consists of nine items, assessed using a five-point Likert scale, with higher values indicating greater positive perceptions and gains from the caregiving experience.

Objective: To translate and culturally adapt the PAC scale for informal Brazilian caregivers of people with dementia.

Efficacy of for unpaid caregivers of people living with dementia: protocol for a randomized and controlled clinical trial.

Unlabelled: Unpaid caregivers of people living with dementia tend to suffer mental health problems as a result of the negative effects associated with the care tasks. Thus, psychosocial interventions for this population group are necessary. iSupport is an online support program for caregivers that was created by the World Health Organization.

Social support perceived by elderly people in social vulnerability according to family functionality: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: To compare the social support as perceived by elderly persons in a context of social vulnerability according to family functionality.

Method: A cross-sectional study using a quantitative approach, carried out in São Carlos-SP, with 123 elderly people living in a context of high social vulnerability. The sample was divided into two groups: good family functionality and moderate/severe family dysfunction.

Cognitive performance, burden and stress in aged caregivers of older adults with and without cognitive impairment.

Unlabelled: There is an increasing number of aged people who provide care for other older people. Commonly existing burden and stress can change the forms of cognitive performance depending on the context of the aged caregivers.

Objective: To compare the cognitive performance, burden and stress of aged caregivers of older adults with and without signs of cognitive impairment.

Depressive symptoms and sleep in aged caregivers in a context of high social vulnerability.

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between depressive symptoms and sleep quality in aged caregivers of elderly people, in a context of high social vulnerability.

Methods: A Cross-sectional study conducted between July 2019 and March 2020 with 65 aged caregivers of elderly people that were treated in five Family Heath Units from São Carlos, São Paulo. Instruments to characterize the caregivers and to evaluate the depressive symptoms and sleep quality were used in data collection.

Sociodemographic, clinical, and psychosocial factors associated with burden in older caregivers: a cross-sectional study.

Unlabelled: The task of caring can negatively affect the physical and mental health; therefore, it is important to understand which factors are associated with burden in older caregivers of older adults.

Objective: This study aimed to explore sociodemographic, clinical, and psychosocial factors associated with burden in older caregivers of older adults.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study developed with 349 older caregivers who were registered at a Family Health Unit of a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Performance of older adults in a digital change detection task: The role of heterogeneous education.

The influence of education on traditional paper-and-pen cognitive assessments is widely reported. However, a minimal amount of evidence is available regarding the role of education in digital tasks. This study aimed to compare the performance of older adults with different educational attainment in a digital change detection task, as well as to relate their performance on the digital task and traditional paper-based tests.

: Cross-cultural adaptation of the content included in the iSupport program for caregivers of people who have dementia.

Objective: Examine the process of culturally adapting the content of the World Health Organization iSupport program for family caregivers of people living with dementia in Brazil.

Method: This is a multicenter and methodological study to cross-culturally adapt the iSupport program. Initially, the content of the iSupport program was translated into Brazilian Portuguese by professional translator trained in Psychology, with mastery of the original language of the content (English).

Empathy Training for Caregivers of Older People: A Systematic Review.

Objectives: To identify empathy training models and the effects on psychological concerns in paid and unpaid caregivers of older people.

Methods: A systematic review was conducted. Searches for relevant articles were performed in the Embase, LILACS, PsycInfo, Pubmed, Scopus and Web of Science databases using the following search strategy: "Empathy AND (Education OR Training OR Intervention) AND Caregiver.

: Preliminary results of the usability and acceptability assessment by caregivers of people who have dementia.

Objective: To assess usability and acceptability of () to virtually support family caregivers of people who have dementia.

Materials And Methods: In the first stage, nine caregivers/former caregivers assessed the interface of the platform that hosts . In the second stage, 10 caregivers assessed acceptability of the platform and answered the System Usability Scale (SUS), which varies from 0 to 100 points.

Correlation of family functionality and burden of informal caregivers of hospitalized older adults.

Aim: to analyze the relationship between family functionality and burden of informal caregivers of hospitalized older people.

Methods: this is a cross-sectional study conducted with 98 informal caregivers of hospitalized older people in an inpatient unit of a large hospital in São Carlos, São Paulo. For data collection were used questionnaires to sociodemographic and care context characterization, to evaluate burden and family functionality.

The association between language and recognition of facial emotional expressions in elderly individuals.

Purpose: To check the association between a good performance of language and the recognition of facial emotional expressions in elderly individuals.

Methods: Transversal study performed with 118 elderly individuals from the primary care services of health of a city in the state of São Paulo. Sociodemographic data were collected, regarding the performance of language through the domain of Addenbrooke Cognitive Examination - Revised and Recognition of Facial Emotional Expressions.

Accumulated cognitive impairment, frailty, burden, and perceived stress and the risk of hospitalization and mortality in older caregivers.

Unlabelled: Combination of cognitive impairment, frailty, perceived stress, and excessive burden poses a risk to the health of caregivers.

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the influence of the combination of these conditions on the occurrence of hospitalizations and deaths among older caregivers in a 4-year follow-up period.

Methods: This is a longitudinal study in the communities with 351 older caregivers who underwent gerontological and geriatric evaluations in 2014 and completed cognitive (Mini-Mental State Examination), physical frailty (Cardiovascular Health Study criteria), perceived stress (Perceived Stress Scale), and care burden (Zarit Burden Interview) assessments.

Association between frailty and depression among hemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Frailty is consensually understood to be a clinical syndrome in which minimal stressors can lead to negative outcomes such as hospitalization, early institutionalization, falls, functional loss and death. Frailty is more prevalent among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), and those on dialysis are the frailest. Depression contributes towards putting patients with CKD into the frailty cycle.

Usability and acceptability of internet-based interventions for family carers of people living with dementia: systematic review.

Internet-based interventions can help carers of people living with dementia to cope with care-related challenges and can help improve their wellbeing. This systematic review aimed at investigating the criteria of usability and acceptability of self-guided internet-based interventions for family carers of people living with dementia. Searches were conducted on PubMed, Virtual Health Library Regional Portal (Americas), MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Scopus, and Cochrane.

Duration of night sleep and cognitive performance of community older adults.

Objective: to analyze the relationship between the duration of self-reported night sleep and the cognitive performance of older adults.

Method: the sample consisted of 156 older adults registered in Family Health Units (FHUs) in a city of São Paulo, divided into quartiles according to the duration of night sleep. Data collection was performed using a characterization questionnaire, Addenbrooke's Cognitive Exam - Revised (ACE-R) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).

Cognition and chronic pain: an analysis on community-dwelling elderly caregivers and non-caregivers.

Background: In recent years there has been an increasing number of elderly people who care for another elderly person in the same household. These elderly people are more susceptible to overload and the presence of chronic pain, while pain can negatively influence cognitive variables.

Objective: To compare the performance and cognitive processing of elderly caregivers and non-caregivers with and without chronic pain.

Association between perceived social support and better cognitive performance among caregivers and non-caregivers.

Objective: to identify the association between the characteristics of the support network and cognitive performance of older caregivers and compare characteristics between caregivers and non-caregivers.

Methods: we evaluated 85 older caregivers and 84 older non-caregivers registered with primary care units regarding sociodemographic characteristics, cognition, and social support. Multiple linear regression analysis was performed.

Social and health-related predictors of family function in older spousal caregivers: a cross-sectional study.

Unlabelled: Given the benefits of adequate family function for the health and well-being of older adults, it is important to understand what factors predict adequate family function in older people who care for their spouses.

Objective: Analyse predictors of family function in older spousal caregivers.

Methods: A cross-sectional study design was used to investigate a non-probabilistic sample of 298 older spousal caregivers.

Comparison of cognitive performance and aspects of the care context in elderly caregivers in Brazil: A follow-up study.

Unlabelled: Cognitive health is important for the quality of life and well-being of elderly caregivers. Cognitive impairments can negatively affect the ability to care for oneself and others.

Objective: To compare cognitive performance and aspects of the care context in elderly caregivers of older adults in a three-year follow-up investigation.

Association between cognitive impairment and criteria for frailty syndrome among older adults.

Objective: The association between cognitive impairment and physical frailty has been studied in older adults. The criteria degree of frailty may be keys to associated cognitive impairment. To analyze the association between cognitive impairment and the criteria for frailty.

Cumulative effects of cognitive impairment and frailty on functional decline, falls and hospitalization: A four-year follow-up study with older adults.

Objective: Evaluate the cumulative effects of cognitive impairment and frailty on functional decline, falls and hospitalization in older adults over a four-year period.

Method: Four hundred five older adults (60-95 years; mean age: 70.62 ± 7.

Elderly caregivers of the elderly: frailty, loneliness and depressive symptoms.

Objective: to investigate the association between frailty, loneliness and depressive symptoms of elderly caregivers.

Method: a cross - sectional study carried out with 341 elderly caregivers enrolled in Family Health Units of a city in the countryside of São Paulo State. The interviews were domiciliary and included questionnaire for characterization of the caregiver, Fried's frailty phenotype, family APGAR (family functionality), Geriatric Depression Scale (depressive symptoms) and item 3 of the Herth Hope Scale (loneliness).