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.

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.

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.

Frailty state transitions among non-frail and vulnerable older adults: Does mobility performance really matter?

We assessed the predictors of becoming frail between non-frail and vulnerable community-dwelling older adults in a retrospective cohort study with adults (n=346) aged 60 years or older recruited from primary healthcare centers. Edmonton Frailty Scale assessed frailty status, and Kaplan-Meier estimated the frailty-free probability and compared it between groups. Cox regression models explored predictors of becoming frail.

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.

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.

Vitamin D Deficient Older Adults Are More Prone to Have Metabolic Syndrome, but Not to a Greater Number of Metabolic Syndrome Parameters.

This study investigated the relationship between metabolic parameters and low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels in older adults (n = 265). They were assessed for anthropometrics and metabolic measurements, including 25(OH)D, insulin, glucose, total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), triglycerides (TG) and other inflammatory markers. Vitamin D deficiency was defined as a 25(OH)D level below 50 nmol/L.

Relationship between cognitive processing, language and verbal fluency among elderly individuals.

Unlabelled: Some cognitive dimensions, such as attention, memory and executive functions, may decline with age, while other functions remain intact or even improve due to greater life experience.

Objective: to analyze the relationship between cognitive processing, language and verbal fluency among elderly individuals seen by primary healthcare services located in a city in the interior of São Paulo, Brazil.

Methods: a cross-sectional study with a quantitative method was conducted.

On the use of the P300 as a tool for cognitive processing assessment in healthy aging: A review.

Unlabelled: Changes in patterns of performance for the cognitive functions of memory, processing speed, and focused attention are expected in old age.

Objective: The main goal of this systematic review was to analyze the use of ERP in healthy elderly in studies evaluating the P300 components.

Methods: A systematic review was carried out based on recommendations for nursing research on the databases LILACS, PsycINFO, PubMed, SCOPUS and .

Screening of hearing in elderly people: assessment of accuracy and reproducibility of the whispered voice test.

Given the high prevalence of presbycusis and its detrimental effect on quality of life, screening tests can be useful tools for detecting hearing loss in primary care settings. This study therefore aimed to determine the accuracy and reproducibility of the whispered voice test as a screening method for detecting hearing impairment in older people. This cross-sectional study was carried out with 210 older adults aged between 60 and 97 years who underwent the whispered voice test employing ten different phrases and using audiometry as a reference test.

Perception of hearing loss: use of the subjective faces scale to screen hearing among the elderly.

Unlabelled: Presbycusis is a disorder present among the elderly. However, it is under-diagnosed, making it important to develop and enhance simple screening tools.

Objective: The subjective faces scale has been proposed as a method to assess auditory self-perception among the elderly, and its correlation with audiological tests.