Vulnerability and associated factors among older people using the Family Health Strategy.

The objective of this study was to analyze the prevalence of vulnerability and associated factors among older people using family health strategies in Várzea Grande, Brazil. A cross-sectional study was performed with 377 community-dwelling older people. The dependent variable, vulnerability, was assessed using the Vulnerable Elders Survey.

Cervical cancer screening in Teresina, Piauí, Brazil: evaluation study using data of the Cervical Cancer Information System, 2006-2013.

Objective: to assess the cervical cancer screening tests in Teresina, Piauí, Brazil.

Methods: this is an evaluation study of Teresina Cervical Cancer Information System (Siscolo), for the period from 2006 to 2013, based on descriptive statistical analyses.

Results: 604,331 pap smear tests of women residents in Teresina were registered on the system; 1.

Exposure to pesticides and prostate cancer: systematic review of the literature.

Introduction: Investigations about the association between prostate cancer and environmental and/or occupational pesticide exposure have evidenced a possible role of these chemical substances on tumor etiology, related to their action as endocrine disruptors.

Objective: To assess the association between pesticide exposure and prostate cancer by conducting a systematic review of the scientific literature.

Materials And Methods: Articles published until August 18, 2015 were searched in the databases MEDLINE/Pubmed, Scielo, and Lilacs using the keywords "pesticides" and "prostate cancer".

Psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Vulnerable Elders Survey-13 (VES-13).

This study aims to assess the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Vulnerable Elders Survey-13 (VES-13). Interviews were carried out with individuals aged 60 years and over receiving care at an ambulatory cancer centre. Test-retest reliability was assessed using the Spearman correlation coefficient, intraclass correlation coefficients and Cohen's kappa coefficient.

Factors associated with functional incapacity in elders living in long stay institutions in Brazil: a cross-sectional study.

Background: The increase of the elderly population and the high prevalence of chronic diseases have contributed to the increasing importance of functional ability as a global public health problem. This study aimed to assess functional capacity in institutionalized elders, as well as undertake an exploratory analysis of its associated factors.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with institutionalized Brazilian elders.

[Prevalence and factors associated with conducting screening tests for prostate cancer in the elderly in Juiz de Fora in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil].

Little is known about screening practices for prostate cancer in elderly Brazilians. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of screening tests for prostate cancer in the elderly in Juiz de Fora in the state of Minas Gerais and to analyze the associated factors. This is a cross-sectional study with 2825 men aged 60 years or older who participated in the vaccination against influenza campaign in 2006.

Psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Tilburg frailty indicator (TFI).

This study aims to assess the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the TFI, an instrument that identifies frailty in elderly individuals. We interviewed 219 individuals aged 60 or older, living in the community. Individuals were predominantly female (52.

[First stage of the cross-cultural adaptation of the instrument The Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) to Portuguese].

The aim of this study was to describe the initial stages of the cross-cultural adaptation of the instrument The Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) for use in the context of cancer care in Brazil. Two translations into Portuguese and two back-translations into English were carried out independently, and a formal assessment of the general and referential meanings was performed in order to obtain a synthesis version. Understanding of the synthesis version was evaluated in a pretest applied to 33 patients in an oncologic hospital of the Brazilian Unified National Health System (SUS).

[Cross-cultural adaptation of the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI) for use in the Brazilian population].

The current study aimed to adapt the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI), used to assess frailty in the elderly, to the Brazilian population. Conceptual, item, and semantic equivalences were analyzed and the summary version was pre-tested. In the evaluation of conceptual equivalence, the construct for frailty adopted in Brazil demonstrated the same conceptualization as in other cultures where this condition has been investigated.

[Trends in mortality of diabetes mellitus patients in Brazilian capitals, 1980-2007].

Objective: To analyze mortality patterns of patients with diabetes in Brazilian capitals from 1980 to 2007.

Materials And Methods: Age-standardized quadrennial and annual mortality rates were calculated with the world population as reference. Linear regression models were estimated to analyze mortality trends in each capital.

[Trends in mortality rates from non-Hodgkin lymphoma in Southeast Brazil, 1980-2007].

Mortality rates from non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) have declined in many countries in recent decades. However, mortality estimates for Brazil indicate an increase in these rates. This study aimed to analyze NHL mortality trends for 1980-2007 in individuals 20 years and older in State capitals in Southeast Brazil.