Gait speed associated factors in elderly subjects undergoing exams to obtain the driver's license.

Objective: to analyze the factors associated with gait speed in elderly subjects undergoing physical and mental fitness tests to obtain a driver's license.

Method: a cross-sectional quantitative study conducted in transit agencies. The probabilistic sample included 421 elderly (≥ 60 years old).

Non-frail elderly people and their license to drive motor vehicles.

Objective: to analyse the link between the non-frailty condition and the results of driving license for elderly people to drive motor vehicles.

Method: cross-sectional study with data collection in the sample period from August 2015 to March 2016. Study performed with 347 elderlies (≥60 years).

Physical frailty and fitness of older driver.

Aim: to analyze the association between physical frailty and the results of fitness capacity exams for driving vehicles among elder Brazilians.

Methods: this is a cross sectional study, performed in traffic medicine clinics of the city of Curitiba (Brazil). The data was collected through the physical frailty tests, the use of a structured questionnaire, and searches on the records of the Brazilian National Register of Qualified Drivers.

Frailty and quality of life in elderly primary health care users.

Objective: to investigate the association between physical frailty and quality of life in elderly users of primary health care in the capital of the state of Paraná.

Method: a cross-sectional, quantitative study with 203 elders. Data collected included: physical activity questionnaires, weight loss, fatigue/exhaustion, quality of life, performance of gait speed tests, and handgrip strength.

[Handgrip strength and physical activity in frail elderly].

Objective: To investigate the association between handgrip strength (HS) and physical activity in physical frailty elderly.

Method: Cross-sectional quantitative study with a sample of 203 elderly calculated based on the population estimated proportion. Tests were applied to detect cognitive impairment and assessment of physical frailty.

Gait speed and cognitive score in elderly users of the primary care service.

Objective: to investigate the association between gait speed and the cognitive score of elderly patients enrolled in a Basic Health Unit.

Method: a quantitative cross-sectional study with 203 elderly, a sample calculated based on the estimated population proportion. Data were collected using a sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire, gait speed test (GS) and the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE).

Prevalence of pre-frailty for the component of gait speed in older adults.

Objective: to investigate pre-frailty and the factors associated with this condition, taking into account the measurements of the older adults' gait speed.

Method: participants were selected by means of inclusion/exclusion criteria and a cognitive tracking test. The sample was calculated based on the estimation of populational proportion and made up of 195 older adults who were using a Primary Health-Care Center in Curitiba in the state of Paraná.