Construct validity and internal consistency of the Brazilian version of Leisure Attitude Measurement for the elderly.

Objective: To evaluate the construct validity and internal consistency of the Brazilian version of Leisure Attitude Measurement for the elderly.

Method: Methodological study with a quantitative approach. The data were collected for three months through domiciliary visits to a random and representative sample of 384 elders.

Hospitalization costs and their determining factors among patients undergoing kidney transplantation: a cross-sectional descriptive study.

Background: Cost evaluation is a key tool in monitoring expenditure for budget management. It increases the efficiency of possible changes through identifying potential savings and estimating the resources required to make such changes. However, there is a lack of knowledge of the total cost of hospitalization up to the clinical outcome, regarding patients admitted for kidney transplantation.

Cost and Factors Associated With the Hospitalization of Patients Undergoing Heart Transplantation.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to describe the cost and factors associated with the hospitalization of patients undergoing heart transplantation.

Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive study with a quantitative approach developed at an important heart transplant center in southern Brazil. Twenty patients who had undergone transplantation during the period 2007 to 2016 were included in the study.

Physical frailty prediction model for the oldest old1.

Objective: to present a physical frailty prediction model for oldest old users of primary health care, according to clinical variables.

Method: cross-sectional study with proportional stratified sample of 243 oldest old subjects. Data were collected through a structured clinical questionnaire, handgrip strength test, walking speed, weight loss, fatigue/exhaustion, and physical activity level.

[Predictors of pain in elderly in the city of São Paulo, Brazil: SABE Study, 2006 and 2010].

: The objective was to identify predictors of pain in the elderly. This was a longitudinal population-based study using home interviews with elderly residing in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, and participating in the SABE Study in 2006 and 2010. Analysis of predictors of pain used hierarchical logistic regression, based on a theoretical-conceptual model with distal, intermediate, and proximal variables.

Associations between frailty syndrome and sociodemographic characteristics in long-lived individuals of a community.

Objective: investigating the association between frailty syndrome and sociodemographic characteristics in long-lived individuals of a community.

Method: a cross-sectional study with a proportional stratified sample consisting of 243 long-lived individuals. A structured instrument, scales and tests that comprise evaluating frailty were applied for data collection.

Frequency and factors associated with falls in adults aged 55 years or more.

Objective: The objective of this study is to analyze the frequency and factors associated with falls in adults aged 55 years or more.

Methods: This is a study inserted into another population-based study with representative sample of persons aged 40 years or more of the urban area in a medium-sized municipality of the State of Paraná, Brazil, in 2011. That study obtained demographic and socioeconomic data and characteristics related to life habits, health conditions, and functional capacity (n = 1,180).

Sepsis in a university hospital: a prospective study for the cost analysis of patients' hospitalization.

Objective: To estimate the cost of hospitalization of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock admitted or diagnosed in the Urgent and Emergency sector at a university hospital and followed until the clinical outcome.

Method: An epidemiological, prospective, observational study conducted in a public hospital in southern Brazil for the period of one year (August 2013 to August 2014). Sepsis notification forms, medical records and data of the cost sector were used for the collection of clinical and epidemiological data.

[Pre hospital indicators in assessing the quality of care for patients with acute coronary syndrome].

Objective: to assess quality indicators related to the pre-hospital time for patients with acute coronary syndrome.

Method: collection took place at a tertiary hospital in Paraná between 2012 and 2013, through interviews and a medical record review. 94 patients participated, 52.

[Cost and characterization of hospital infection among the elderly].

The increase in the number of elderly individuals has a direct impact on the health system with hospitalization complications such as hospital infection (HI). The objective of this study is to characterize and evaluate the cost of HI among the elderly in a public hospital for the elderly. Descriptive, cross-sectional research was conducted.

[Association between chronic pain and self-reported falls in the SABE study population].

The objective of this study was to assess the association between chronic pain and self-reported falls. This was a cross-sectional sample of elderly individuals without cognitive deficits, living in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, and with chronic pain. The study considered elderly that reported chronic pain for at least one year.

[Association of chronic pain with the use of health care services by older adults in Sao Paulo].

Objective: Evaluate the association between use of health care services by older adults with chronic pain and sociodemographic and health variables.

Methods: Cross-sectional study whose population sample of 1,271 older adults with chronic pain and with no cognitive deficit was obtained through home surveys in Sao Paulo, SP, Southeastern Brazil,, in 2006. The study considered pain lasting for six or more months as chronic.

[Chronic pain among elderly residents in São Paulo, Brazil: prevalence, characteristics, and association with functional capacity and mobility (SABE Study)].

The objective was to identify the prevalence and characteristics of chronic pain and the association with functional capacity. This was a cross-sectional study with a population sample of community-dwelling elderly residents in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, using home interviews. Statistical analysis used the RaoScott test of association with p < 0.

[Pleasure in nursing technicians working at an emergency unit of a public university hospital].

This study aimed to reveal the main aspects of the work process and feelings of pleasure experienced by nursing technicians who work at an emergency unit in Paraná, Brazil. The theoretical basis is the psychodynamics of work. This is a qualitative and descriptive study.

[Medical-hospital material management and the working process in a public hospital].

This article presents an exploratory-descriptive study structured in a qualitative approach. The main objective was to identify the perception of medical-hospital materials on the work process of professionals in a medium complexity public hospital. Information has been collected using the research question: How does the materials management process influence work process? The report analysis has identified five different categories: lack of autonomy in the choice of materials, lack of maintenance of equipment, bureaucracy in the purchasing process, poor quality and absence of professional involvement in the materials management.

One-year follow-up of non-institutionalized dependent older adults: mortality, hospitalization, and mobility.

Non-institutionalized dependent older adults present high morbidity and mortality, demand care from their families, and consume primary health care resources. To expand knowledge about this group, we conducted a population-based one-year prospective cohort study of 130 non-institutionalized dependent older persons (age 60 and older), stratified according to baseline mobility: independent walking (group A), use of walking aids (group B), and bedridden or confined to a wheelchair (group C). The outcomes analysed were death, hospitalization, and mobility disability.

Psychoactive drugs as risk factors for functional decline among noninstitutionalized dependent elderly people.

Objective: To analyze the association between use of psychoactive drugs and functional decline among noninstitutionalized dependent elderly people.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Participants: A total of 161 community-dwelling elderly people with functional dependence.

[Characterization of chronic pain and analgesic approaches among community-dwelling elderly].

Objective: To characterize chronic pain and analgesic approaches in community- dwelling elderly of the northern district of Londrina - Brazil.

Methods: Cross-sectional study with individuals 60 years old and more, resident in the local area of a Basic Health Unit (UBS) of Londrina, by home inquiry. Chronic pain was defined as pain lasting for six months or more.

[Prevalence and characterization of chronic pain among the elderly living in the community].

The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to determine the prevalence of chronic pain in elderly municipal employees (n = 451) in Londrina, Paraná State, Brazil, and to characterize the pain in relation to: location, intensity, duration of episode, periodicity, and most frequent time of day. Data were collected using home interviews. Chronic pain was defined as lasting > six months and the elderly were defined as > or = 60 years of age.