Chagas' Disease And Ageing: The Coexistence Of Other Chronic Diseases With Chagas' Disease In Elderly Patients.

dc.creatorAlves, Rosalía Matera de Angelis
dc.creatorThomaz, Raquel Prado
dc.creatorAlmeida, Eros Antônio de
dc.creatorWanderley, Jamiro da Silva
dc.creatorGuariento, Maria Elena
dc.date
dc.date2015-11-27T13:15:47Z
dc.date2015-11-27T13:15:47Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-29T01:09:52Z
dc.date.available2018-03-29T01:09:52Z
dc.identifierRevista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Medicina Tropical. v. 42, n. 6, p. 622-8
dc.identifier1678-9849
dc.identifier
dc.identifierhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20209343
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/198585
dc.identifier20209343
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1298818
dc.descriptionThis study aimed to identify the main comorbidities in elderly chagasic patients treated in a reference service and identify possible associations between the clinical form of Chagas' disease and chronic diseases. Ninety patients aged 60 years-old or over were interviewed and their clinical diagnoses recorded. The study population profile was: women (55.6%); median age (67 years); married (51.1%); retired (73.3%); up to four years' education (64.4%); and earning less than two minimum wages (67.8%). The predominant forms of Chagas' disease were the cardiac (46.7%) and mixed forms (30%). There was a greater proportion of mild cardiac dysfunction (84.1%), frequently in association with megaesophagus. The mean number of concurrent diseases was 2.856 +/- 1.845, and 33% of the patients had four or more comorbidities. The most frequent were systemic arterial hypertension (56.7%), osteoporosis (23.3%), osteoarthritis (21.2%) and dyslipidemia (20%). Positive correlations were verified between sex and comorbidities and between age group and comorbidities.
dc.description42
dc.description622-8
dc.languageeng
dc.relationRevista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Medicina Tropical
dc.relationRev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop.
dc.rightsaberto
dc.rights
dc.sourcePubMed
dc.subjectAge Factors
dc.subjectAged
dc.subjectChagas Cardiomyopathy
dc.subjectChagas Disease
dc.subjectChronic Disease
dc.subjectComorbidity
dc.subjectEsophageal Achalasia
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectInterview, Psychological
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMegacolon
dc.subjectMiddle Aged
dc.subjectSeverity Of Illness Index
dc.titleChagas' Disease And Ageing: The Coexistence Of Other Chronic Diseases With Chagas' Disease In Elderly Patients.
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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