Risk factors associated with mortality in young and long-lived older adults in Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.

This article aims to investigate risk factors associated with mortality in young (< 80 years) and long-lived (≥ 80 years) older adults in Florianópolis. A longitudinal population-based study of 1702 older adults participants of the EpiFloripa Ageing Study. Deaths were identified through searches in the Mortality Information System.

Anthropometric indicators associated with dementia in the elderly from Florianópolis - SC, Brazil: EpiFloripa Ageing Study.

Objective: To investigate the association between dementia and anthropometric indicators in the elderly from Florianópolis.

Method: This is a cross-sectional population-based survey performed with 1,197 elderly (≥ 60 years) in 2013/2014. Dementia was defined as the combined evidence of low MMSE (Mini-Mental State Examination) score and moderate/severe disability in the activities of daily living.

Quality of life associated with handgrip strength and sarcopenia: EpiFloripa Aging Study.

Background: Quality of life (QoL) is an important measure, and it can be defined as the presence of control, autonomy, self-realization and pleasure. This study aims to verify the association between handgrip strength (HGS), sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity with quality of life (QoL) among community-dwelling older adults in southern Brazil.

Methods: Cross-sectional analyses data of the "EpiFloripa Aging" cohort study were carried out.

Influence of instrumental activities of daily living on the cognitive impairment: EpiFloripa study.

To investigate the influence of instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) on cognitive impairment of the older adults' population in southern Brazil. A longitudinal, population-based and home-based study that evaluates the older adults population (60 years or older) living in the city of Florianópolis, Southern Brazil. The sample at the baseline (2009/2010) was composed by 1,702 older adults.

Sarcopenia and its association with changes in socioeconomic, behavioral, and health factors: the EpiFloripa Elderly Study.

This study aimed to verify the prevalence of sarcopenia and its association with changes in socioeconomic, behavioral, and health factors in the elderly. The longitudinal population-based study included 598 elderly (≥ 60 years) in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, in the South of Brazil. Sarcopenia was defined on the basis of appendicular skeletal mass index (ASMI) according to gender (ASMI < 7.

Association between chronic diseases and handgrip strength in older adults residents of Florianópolis - SC, Brazil.

This paper aims to verify the association between chronic diseases and handgrip strength (HS) in the older adults of Florianópolis, SC. This is a cross-sectional analysis of a longitudinal population-based study. HS was measured by dynamometer.

EpiFloripa Aging cohort study: methods, operational aspects, and follow-up strategies.

Objective: To describe the sample plan, operational aspects, and strategies used in the 2009/2010 and 2013/2014 EpiFloripa Aging Study.

Methods: The EpiFloripa Aging is a population-based longitudinal study with 1,705 older adults (60 years or more) living in the municipality of Florianópolis, State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, in 2009/2010 (baseline). The research was conducted with a face-to-face interviews, organized into blocks of identification, socioeconomic, mental health, health and life habits, global functionality, falls, physical activity, morbidities, use of health services, use of medications, food, oral health, and violence, evaluated in the first (2009/2010) and in the second wave (2013/2014).

Life and health conditions among elderly: results of the EpiFloripa Idoso cohort study.

Objective: to identify sociodemographic, behavioral and health changes in a follow-up of participants in the health survey EpiFloripa Idoso.

Methods: this is a population-based longitudinal study with elderly individuals in Florianópolis-SC, Brazil.

Results: 1,702 elderly individuals were interviewed in 2009-2010 and 1,197 in 2013-2014 (response rate: 89.

Paid Work and Physical Activity Preserve Functional Capacity in Elderly People: EpiFloripa Study.

To investigate the prevalence and association between functional disability and health conditions in elderly people. A cross-sectional, population-based study with 1,705 elderly residents in urban region of Florianópolis, Brazil, from September 2009 to July 2010. The functional disability was classified according to the difficulty in accomplishing six basic activities of daily living.