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Older adults with disability in extreme poverty in Peru: How is their access to health care?
(Public Library of Science, 2018-12-01)
Background Disability rates increase with age. In 2012, Peruvian older adults ( 65 years) represented 9% of the population. Additionally, older population reported disabilities at about 5 times the rate of Peruvians between ...
Older adults with disability in extreme poverty in Peru: How is their access to health care?
(Public Library of Science, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Disability rates increase with age. In 2012, Peruvian older adults (>/= 65 years) represented 9% of the population. Additionally, older population reported disabilities at about 5 times the rate of Peruvians ...
Trabalhadores com deficiência e participação no mercado de trabalho: um estudo em município de médio porte gaúcho
(Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBrasilFonoaudiologiaUFSMPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Distúrbios da Comunicação HumanaCentro de Ciências da Saúde, 2019-06-06)
Objective: to analyze the participation of people with disabilities in the labor market in the city of Santa Maria, state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS). Materials and Methods: this is a cross-sectional, descriptive and ...
Forecasting Healthy Life Expectancy Among Chilean Community-Dwelling Older Adults With and Without Sarcopenia
(2022-02-16)
Background: Sarcopenia is an important risk factor for disability and dependency at old age. The prevalence of sarcopenia among the Chilean older population is high. Objective: To estimate life expectancy, healthy life ...
Gender differences in incidence and determinants of disability in activities of daily living among elderly individuals: SABE study
(ELSEVIER IRELAND LTDCLARE, 2012)
Determining the groups that are most susceptible to developing disability is essential to establishing effective prevention and rehabilitation strategies. The aim of the present study was to determine gender differences ...
Functional Disability in Alzheimer Disease A Validation Study of the Brazilian Version of the Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD-Br)
(LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2010)
Background: The assessment of activities of daily living (ADL) is important both for the diagnosis and staging of dementia. The objective of this study was to verify the applicability and validity of the Brazilian version ...
Disability, caregiver's dependency and patterns of access to rehabilitation care: results from a national representative study in Peru
(Taylor and Francis, 2015)
PURPOSE: To determine the prevalence of disability in Peru, explore dependency on caregiver's assistance and assess access to rehabilitation care. METHOD: Data from Disability National Survey (ENEDIS), including urban and ...
Nutritional status, physical performance and disability in the elderly of the Peruvian Andes
(Springer, 2016)
BACKGROUND: Although nutritional status plays an important part in the physical performance and disability of older people, this relationship has been little studied in developing countries. AIMS: A study on the effects ...