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.

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.

: 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).

: 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.