Association between participation restriction due to hearing loss and self-perception of health, social support, and quality of life in elderly people: a cross-sectional study.

Purpose: To verify the association between participation restriction due to hearing loss and self-perception of health, social support, and quality of life in elderly people.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional, observational, and descriptive study with a quantitative data approach. A database with information collected in a medium-sized Brazilian municipality was used.

Frailty is associated with sociodemographic and health factors and related to the care context of older caregivers: a Brazilian cross-sectional study.

Background: The task of caring can arise suddenly without guidance or support, resulting in psychological tension and health impairment, which can culminate in the development of frailty.

Objective: To analyze the relationship between frailty and sociodemographic and health aspects related to the care context of older caregivers.

Design And Setting: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 65 older caregivers registered in family health units in the interior of the state of São Paulo.

Hearing handicap and frailty in community-dwelling older adults living.

Purpose: To verify the relationship between hearing handicap and frailty in community-dwelling older adults.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out with 238 older adults (aged ≥ 60 years) in 2018. The Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly - Screening version - HHIE-S was applied to assess the hearing handicap.

Are body fat and inflammatory markers independently associated with age-related muscle changes?

Background & Aims: A growing number of studies have shown that body fat and inflammation are associated with age-related changes in body muscle composition. However, most of these studies did not control for potential confounders. The aim was to determine whether there is an association between body fat and inflammatory cytokines with muscle mass/strength decline in community-dwelling older adults.

Frailty, depression, and quality of life: a study with elderly caregivers.

Objective: to analyze the relationship between frailty, depressive symptoms, and quality of life of elderly caregivers of other elderly living in high social vulnerability.

Methods: a descriptive, correlational and cross-sectional study conducted with 40 elderly caregivers. A questionnaire to characterize elderly caregivers, the Fried frailty phenotype, the Geriatric Depression Scale (to screen depressive symptoms) and the Short-Form 6 Dimension (to assess quality of life) were used.

Factors associated with depressive symptoms in older adults in context of social vulnerability.

Objective: To identify factors associated with depressive symptoms in the elderly inserted in a context of high social vulnerability.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out with 302 elderly people enrolled in Primary Care. We used a sociodemographic questionnaire, Geriatric Depression Scale, Mini Nutritional Assessment, Shor-form-6D Quality of Life Questionnaire and Medical Outcome Study Scale.

Frailty and cognitive performance of elderly in the context of social vulnerability.

Unlabelled: Elderly who live in the context of social vulnerability have lower education and socioeconomic status.

Objective: To analyze cognitive performance as a factor associated with frailty status in elderly living in contexts of social vulnerability.

Methods: An exploratory, comparative, cross-sectional study using a quantitative method was conducted with elderly people registered at Social Assistance Reference Centers.