Paulo Roberto Borges De Souza Júnior
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 2753136 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Paulo Roberto Borges De Souza Júnior |
| PRENOMES | Paulo Roberto Borges De Souza |
| SOBRENOME | Júnior |
| ASSINATURA | JUNIOR P R B S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 34 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 104 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 34 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2004 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Covid-19 among health care workers in Brazil
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and disparities of COVID-19 among health care workers in Brazil. METHODS: A survey was conducted among health care workers in five Brazilian cities. Disparities in the prevalence of COVID-19 were analyzed by professional category and region (North/Northeast versus South/Southeast). RESULTS: The sample was composed of 2,499 health care workers: 601 (24.1%) nursing technicians, 1,095 (43.8%) registered nurses,…
Prevalence of trachoma in indigenous and non-indigenous areas, Northeastern Brazil, 2019–2021
Objective. To estimate the prevalence of trachoma in indigenous and non-indigenous populations in selected areas of the state of Maranhão, in northeastern Brazil. Methods. This was a population-based survey with probabilistic sampling. For the diagnosis of trachoma, external ocular examination was performed using head magnifying loupes, at 2.5X magnification. The prevalence of trachomatous inflammation – follicular (TF) in children aged 1–9 years…
Sexual behavior and self-declaration of sexual orientation among people 18–64 years in Brazil
The underestimation of MSM and WSW prevalence by self-declared sexual orientation suggests that sexual minorities face many difficulties related to disclosing their sexuality and reinforces the importance of developing public health interventions for changing population attitudes and promoting sexual orientation disclosure. Moreover, the low use of condoms in both surveys (PCAP-2013 and PNS-2019) carried out 6 years apart highlights the need of p…
Sexual Violence and Low Rates of HIV Post-exposure Prophylaxis Access Among Female Sex Workers in Brazil
Cross-validation of four different survey methods used to estimate illicit cigarette consumption in Brazil
Small differences in the estimated levels of illicit trade across methods were found, except for the phone survey. The cross-validation of estimates from independent studies is important to help effectively implement tobacco excise tax policy in Brazil and other low-income and middle-income countries
Sex work stigma and non-disclosure to health care providers
BACKGROUND: Stigma in health services may be detrimental to health seeking attitudes and practices. This study investigates non-disclosure of sex work to health care providers among female sex workers (FSW) in Brazil and its association with the utilization of health care services. METHODS: This study used cross-sectional respondent-driven sampling, carried out in 12 Brazilian cities to identify HIV risk behaviors among FSW. We first assessed sta…
Factors associated with the receipt of pensions among older adults
OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence of receipt of pensions and associated factors in a nationally representative sample of the Brazilian population aged 50 years and over. METHODS: We used data from 9,130 participants from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil) baseline survey. The outcome variable was receipt of pensions from any source. The exploratory variables were age, gender, residence by region and by urban/rural area, h…
Hospitalizations among older adults
OBJECTIVE: To examine the factors associated with hospital use and their frequency in a nationally representative sample of the Brazilian population aged 50 years or older. METHODS: Data from the baseline of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil), conducted in 2015-2016, were used. Predisposing, enabling and need factors for the use of health services were considered. The analyzes were based on the Hurdle regression model and on …
Cognitive function among older adults
OBJECTIVE: To investigate macroregional variations in cognitive function in a national sample representative of the Brazilian population aged 50 years and older. METHODS: Data from the baseline of the Longitudinal Study of Brazilian Elderly (ELSI-Brazil), collected between 2015 and 2016, were used. Memory was measured by means of a 10-word list and executive function, by semantic verbal fluency, based on the naming of animals. Gender, age, educat…
Life course socioeconomic inequalities and oral health status in later life
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between life course socioeconomic conditions and two oral health outcomes (edentulism and use of dental prostheses among individuals with severe tooth loss) among older Brazilian adults. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study with data from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil) which includes information on persons aged 50 years or older residing in 70 municipalities across the five g…
Adequate control of hypertension among older adults
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of adequate control of hypertension among older adults and to examine its association with predisposing and enabling factors and the need to use health services. METHODS: The analysis was carried out with 4,148 participants (≥ 50 years) from the baseline of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil), who reported being hypertensive and using antihypertensive medication. Adequate control of hypert…
Inequalities in basic activities of daily living among older adults
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the magnitude of wealth-related inequalities in basic activities of daily living among community-dwelling Brazilian older adults and to determine the contribution of demographic, socioeconomic, and health conditions to the inequality. METHODS: We used data from the 2015 Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil) with a nationally representative sample of adults aged 50 years or older. We assessed wealthrelated ineq…
Cost-related underuse of medications in older adults
OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence and factors associated with cost-related underuse of medications in a nationally representative sample of Brazilians aged 50 years and over. METHODS: Among the 9,412 participants of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSIBrazil), 6,014 reported using at least one medication on regular basis and were included in the analysis. Underuse of medications was by stopping taking or reducing the number of tablet…
Multimorbidity
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the occurrence and factors associated with multimorbidity among Brazilians aged 50 years and over. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study in a nation-based cohort of the non-institutionalized population in Brazil. Data were collected between 2015 and 2016. Multimorbidity was assessed from a list of 19 morbidities, which were categorized into ≥ 2 and ≥ 3 diseases. The analysis included the calculation of frequencies and th…
Life course and work ability among older adults
OBJECTIVE: To examine factors associated with perception of work ability in a nationally representative sample of Brazilians aged 50 years and over. METHODS: We used data from 8,903 participants of the baseline survey of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil). The dependent variable was self-rated work ability (good or very good versus fair, poor, or very poor). Independent variables included factors that operate at the beginning…
Physical activity practice among older adults
To describe the prevalence of the practice of physical activity (PA) among older Brazilian adults and associated factors. In addition, potential effect modifiers of the association between PA and age were investigated. METHODS: We have analyzed data from 8,736 participants (92.8%) aged 50 and older from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil). Physical activity was measured using the short version of the International Physical Act…
Aspects of social participation and neighborhood perception
OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of the physical and social surroundings of the neighborhood, which are presented as facilitators or barriers for the social participation of Brazilian older adults. METHODS: The study was conducted in a probabilistic representative sample of the Brazilian population aged 50 years and older and who lived in urban areas (n = 7,935). The response variable was social participation, which was defined from two questio…
Primary care and healthcare utilization among older Brazilians (Elsi-Brazil)
OBJECTIVE: To characterize healthcare access and utilization among older Brazilians. METHODS: Data are from the baseline wave of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil), which is a nationally representative, population-based cohort study of persons aged 50 years and older conducted in 2015/2016 (n = 9,412). The prevalence of barriers to primary care and number and type of doctor visits in the past 12 months are compared by three m…
Utilização das informações vitais para a estimação de indicadores de mortalidade no Brasil
O artigo apresenta a construção histórica brasileira sobre a utilização das informações vitais, incorporando procedimentos de avaliação das informações e pesquisas de busca ativa de nascimentos e óbitos, que resultaram na proposição de métodos para o cálculo de indicadores de natalidade e mortalidade mediante o uso de registros contínuos. Além das pesquisas para captar eventos vitais referentes aos anos de 2000 e 2008, são apresentados os procedi…
Inequalities in healthy life expectancy by Brazilian geographic regions
By combining data on self-rated health status and mortality in a single indicator, Healthy Life Expectancy, this study demonstrated the excess burden of poor health experienced by populations in the less wealthy regions of Brazil. To mitigate the effects of social exclusion, the development of strategies at the regional level is essential to provide health care to all persons in need, reduce risk exposures, support prevention policies for adoptio…
Consumo abusivo de álcool e envolvimento em acidentes de trânsito na população brasileira, 2013
O objetivo deste artigo é analisar o consumo abusivo e frequente de álcool segundo características sociodemográficas e investigar o risco de maior envolvimento em acidentes de trânsito, utilizando dados da Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde, 2013, Brasil. Eventos investigados: consumo abusivo e frequente de álcool (ingestão semanal igual ou superior de 8 doses para mulheres e 15 para homens por semana) e envolvimento em acidente de trânsito com lesões co…
Percepção da população brasileira sobre a assistência prestada pelo médico. Brasil, 2013
O objetivo foi analisar a percepção dos usuários sobre a consulta médica, utilizando as informações da Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde, 2013. Entre os que se consultaram com médico nos últimos 12 meses, foram analisados 12 aspectos relacionados aos serviços de saúde e à consulta médica, segundo o local de atendimento (público/privado). Por meio de regressão logística multivariada, foram estabelecidos os fatores associados à insatisfação com o atendime…
Modos de vida entre pessoas que tiveram câncer no Brasil em 2013
Pessoas que tiveram diagnóstico de câncer tendem a adotar modos de vida mais saudáveis. Este estudo analisa a prevalência de tabagismo, consumo de frutas e hortaliças, atividade física e uso de bebidas alcoólicas entre adultos que relataram ter tido diagnóstico de câncer na Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde (PNS). Foram calculadas as prevalências e respectivos intervalos de 95% de confiança referentes ao consumo de frutas e hortaliças, inatividade físic…
Estimation of HIV incidence in two Brazilian municipalities, 2013
OBJECTIVE To estimate HIV incidence in two Brazilian municipalities, Recife and Curitiba, in the year of 2013. METHODS The method for estimating incidence was based on primary information, resulting from the Lag-Avidity laboratory test for detection of recent HIV infections, applied in a sample of the cases diagnosed in the two cities in 2013. For the estimation of the HIV incidence for the total population of the cities, the recent infections de…
Mortality from Alzheimer's disease in Brazil, 2000-2009
Alzheimer's disease is the most prevalent type of dementia in the elderly worldwide. To evaluate the mortality trend from Alzheimer's disease in Brazil, a descriptive study was conducted with the Mortality Information System of the Brazilian Ministry of Health (2000-2009). Age and sex-standardized mortality rates were calculated in Brazil's state capitals, showing the percentage variation by exponential regression adjustment. The state capitals a…
Desenho da amostra Nascer no Brasil
Este artigo descreve a amostra da Pesquisa Nacional sobre Parto e Nascimento no Brasil. Os hospitais com 500 ou mais nascidos vivos em 2007 foram estratificados por macrorregião, capital de estado ou não, e tipo, e selecionados com probabilidade proporcional ao número de nascidos-vivos em 2007. Amostragem inversa foi usada para selecionar tantos dias de pesquisa (mínimo de 7) quantos fossem necessários para alcançar 90 entrevistas realizadas com …
Estimação da razão de mortalidade materna no Brasil, 2008-2011
Neste trabalho, propõe-se uma metodologia de estimação da razão de mortalidade materna (RMM), no Brasil, 2008-2011, por meio das informações do Ministério da Saúde. O método proposto leva em consideração, o sub-registro geral de óbitos, as proporções de investigação de mortes de mulheres em idade fértil, bem como as proporções de óbitos maternos que foram atribuídos, indevidamente, a outras causas antes da investigação. A RMM foi estimada por Uni…
Infecção pelo HIV durante a gestação
OBJETIVO: Avaliar a cobertura efetiva da detecção da infecção pelo HIV durante a gestação, em âmbito nacional. MÉTODOS: A cobertura efetiva do teste de HIV na gestação foi definida como a proporção de gestantes que teve atendimento pré-natal (pelo menos uma consulta), pedido de teste de HIV e conhecimento do resultado antes do parto, sendo estimada por processo de amostragem, utilizando-se as informações coletadas no Estudo-Sentinela Parturiente,…
Medidas de morbidade referida e inter-relações com dimensões de saúde
OBJETIVO: Analisar as inter-relações entre auto-avaliação de saúde, percepção de doença de longa duração e diagnóstico de doenças crônicas. MÉTODOS: Na Pesquisa Mundial de Saúde, realizada no Brasil em 2003, foram entrevistados 5.000 indivíduos com 18 anos ou mais, selecionados a partir de amostra estratificada em três estágios. Foi utilizado o questionário original adaptado ao contexto brasileiro, abordando a presença de doença de longa duração …
Tempo até o transplante e sobrevida em pacientes com insuficiência renal crônica no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 1998-2002
Neste estudo, descreveram-se as características dos 14.419 pacientes com insuficiência renal crônica tratados por hemodiálise no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, e analisou-se o tempo até a primeira realização do transplante no período de 1998 a 2002. Técnicas de análise de sobrevida como a análise não paramétrica de Kaplan-Meier e a modelagem semiparamétrica com o modelo de riscos proporcionais de Cox foram utilizadas. Além do modelo de sobrevi…
Utilização das informações vitais para a estimação de indicadores de mortalidade no Brasil
O artigo apresenta a construção histórica brasileira sobre a utilização das informações vitais, incorporando procedimentos de avaliação das informações e pesquisas de busca ativa de nascimentos e óbitos, que resultaram na proposição de métodos para o cálculo de indicadores de natalidade e mortalidade mediante o uso de registros contínuos. Além das pesquisas para captar eventos vitais referentes aos anos de 2000 e 2008, são apresentados os procedi…
Mortality from Alzheimer's disease in Brazil, 2000-2009
Alzheimer's disease is the most prevalent type of dementia in the elderly worldwide. To evaluate the mortality trend from Alzheimer's disease in Brazil, a descriptive study was conducted with the Mortality Information System of the Brazilian Ministry of Health (2000-2009). Age and sex-standardized mortality rates were calculated in Brazil's state capitals, showing the percentage variation by exponential regression adjustment. The state capitals a…
Self-rated health by HIV-infected individuals undergoing antiretroviral therapy in Brazil
In 2008, a survey was applied to a probabilistically selected sample of 1,245 HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy in Brazil. In this work, the analysis was focused on self-rated health. The analysis was conducted according to sex, age, socioeconomic variables, and clinical and treatment-related patient characteristics. Through stepwise logistic regression procedures, the main predictors of good perception of health status were establi…
Estimation of HIV incidence in two Brazilian municipalities, 2013
OBJECTIVE To estimate HIV incidence in two Brazilian municipalities, Recife and Curitiba, in the year of 2013. METHODS The method for estimating incidence was based on primary information, resulting from the Lag-Avidity laboratory test for detection of recent HIV infections, applied in a sample of the cases diagnosed in the two cities in 2013. For the estimation of the HIV incidence for the total population of the cities, the recent infections de…
HIV risk practices by female sex workers according to workplace
OBJECTIVE To investigate differences in HIV infection- related risk practices by Female Sex Workers according to workplace and the effects of homophily on estimating HIV prevalence. METHODS Data from 2,523 women, recruited using Respondent-Driven Sampling, were used for the study carried out in 10 Brazilian cities in 2008-2009. The study included female sex workers aged 18 and over. The questionnaire was completed by the subjects and included que…
Infecção pelo HIV durante a gestação
OBJETIVO: Avaliar a cobertura efetiva da detecção da infecção pelo HIV durante a gestação, em âmbito nacional. MÉTODOS: A cobertura efetiva do teste de HIV na gestação foi definida como a proporção de gestantes que teve atendimento pré-natal (pelo menos uma consulta), pedido de teste de HIV e conhecimento do resultado antes do parto, sendo estimada por processo de amostragem, utilizando-se as informações coletadas no Estudo-Sentinela Parturiente,…
Tempo até o transplante e sobrevida em pacientes com insuficiência renal crônica no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 1998-2002
Neste estudo, descreveram-se as características dos 14.419 pacientes com insuficiência renal crônica tratados por hemodiálise no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, e analisou-se o tempo até a primeira realização do transplante no período de 1998 a 2002. Técnicas de análise de sobrevida como a análise não paramétrica de Kaplan-Meier e a modelagem semiparamétrica com o modelo de riscos proporcionais de Cox foram utilizadas. Além do modelo de sobrevi…
Medidas de morbidade referida e inter-relações com dimensões de saúde
OBJETIVO: Analisar as inter-relações entre auto-avaliação de saúde, percepção de doença de longa duração e diagnóstico de doenças crônicas. MÉTODOS: Na Pesquisa Mundial de Saúde, realizada no Brasil em 2003, foram entrevistados 5.000 indivíduos com 18 anos ou mais, selecionados a partir de amostra estratificada em três estágios. Foi utilizado o questionário original adaptado ao contexto brasileiro, abordando a presença de doença de longa duração …
Satisfação dos usuários com a assistência de saúde no estado de Pernambuco, Brasil, 2005
Pesquisar a satisfação dos usuários é tarefa fundamental para a gestão. Com o Projeto de Fortalecimento da Capacidade Avaliativa do Estado, a Secretaria de Saúde de Pernambuco identificou como demanda avaliar o desempenho do sistema de saúde no estado. O objetivo deste artigo é conhecer fatores associados à satisfação dos usuários do sistema de saúde pernambucano. Realizou-se estudo avaliativo a partir dos resultados obtidos num inquérito populac…
Self-rated health by HIV-infected individuals undergoing antiretroviral therapy in Brazil
In 2008, a survey was applied to a probabilistically selected sample of 1,245 HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy in Brazil. In this work, the analysis was focused on self-rated health. The analysis was conducted according to sex, age, socioeconomic variables, and clinical and treatment-related patient characteristics. Through stepwise logistic regression procedures, the main predictors of good perception of health status were establi…
Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde no Brasil
A Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde (PNS) é um estudo de base domiciliar, de âmbito nacional, realizada pelo Ministério da Saúde em parceria com o IBGE em 2013. Tem como objetivo caracterizar a situação de saúde e os estilos de vida da população, bem como a atenção à sua saúde, quanto ao acesso e uso dos serviços, às ações preventivas, à continuidade dos cuidados e ao financiamento da assistência. O tamanho de amostra é de 80.000 domicílios e permitirá …
HIV risk practices by female sex workers according to workplace
OBJECTIVE To investigate differences in HIV infection- related risk practices by Female Sex Workers according to workplace and the effects of homophily on estimating HIV prevalence. METHODS Data from 2,523 women, recruited using Respondent-Driven Sampling, were used for the study carried out in 10 Brazilian cities in 2008-2009. The study included female sex workers aged 18 and over. The questionnaire was completed by the subjects and included que…
Desenho da amostra Nascer no Brasil
Este artigo descreve a amostra da Pesquisa Nacional sobre Parto e Nascimento no Brasil. Os hospitais com 500 ou mais nascidos vivos em 2007 foram estratificados por macrorregião, capital de estado ou não, e tipo, e selecionados com probabilidade proporcional ao número de nascidos-vivos em 2007. Amostragem inversa foi usada para selecionar tantos dias de pesquisa (mínimo de 7) quantos fossem necessários para alcançar 90 entrevistas realizadas com …
Estimação da razão de mortalidade materna no Brasil, 2008-2011
Neste trabalho, propõe-se uma metodologia de estimação da razão de mortalidade materna (RMM), no Brasil, 2008-2011, por meio das informações do Ministério da Saúde. O método proposto leva em consideração, o sub-registro geral de óbitos, as proporções de investigação de mortes de mulheres em idade fértil, bem como as proporções de óbitos maternos que foram atribuídos, indevidamente, a outras causas antes da investigação. A RMM foi estimada por Uni…
Mortality from Alzheimer's disease in Brazil, 2000-2009
Alzheimer's disease is the most prevalent type of dementia in the elderly worldwide. To evaluate the mortality trend from Alzheimer's disease in Brazil, a descriptive study was conducted with the Mortality Information System of the Brazilian Ministry of Health (2000-2009). Age and sex-standardized mortality rates were calculated in Brazil's state capitals, showing the percentage variation by exponential regression adjustment. The state capitals a…
Inequalities in healthy life expectancy by Brazilian geographic regions
By combining data on self-rated health status and mortality in a single indicator, Healthy Life Expectancy, this study demonstrated the excess burden of poor health experienced by populations in the less wealthy regions of Brazil. To mitigate the effects of social exclusion, the development of strategies at the regional level is essential to provide health care to all persons in need, reduce risk exposures, support prevention policies for adoptio…
Consumo abusivo de álcool e envolvimento em acidentes de trânsito na população brasileira, 2013
O objetivo deste artigo é analisar o consumo abusivo e frequente de álcool segundo características sociodemográficas e investigar o risco de maior envolvimento em acidentes de trânsito, utilizando dados da Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde, 2013, Brasil. Eventos investigados: consumo abusivo e frequente de álcool (ingestão semanal igual ou superior de 8 doses para mulheres e 15 para homens por semana) e envolvimento em acidente de trânsito com lesões co…
Percepção da população brasileira sobre a assistência prestada pelo médico. Brasil, 2013
O objetivo foi analisar a percepção dos usuários sobre a consulta médica, utilizando as informações da Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde, 2013. Entre os que se consultaram com médico nos últimos 12 meses, foram analisados 12 aspectos relacionados aos serviços de saúde e à consulta médica, segundo o local de atendimento (público/privado). Por meio de regressão logística multivariada, foram estabelecidos os fatores associados à insatisfação com o atendime…
Modos de vida entre pessoas que tiveram câncer no Brasil em 2013
Pessoas que tiveram diagnóstico de câncer tendem a adotar modos de vida mais saudáveis. Este estudo analisa a prevalência de tabagismo, consumo de frutas e hortaliças, atividade física e uso de bebidas alcoólicas entre adultos que relataram ter tido diagnóstico de câncer na Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde (PNS). Foram calculadas as prevalências e respectivos intervalos de 95% de confiança referentes ao consumo de frutas e hortaliças, inatividade físic…
Estimation of HIV incidence in two Brazilian municipalities, 2013
OBJECTIVE To estimate HIV incidence in two Brazilian municipalities, Recife and Curitiba, in the year of 2013. METHODS The method for estimating incidence was based on primary information, resulting from the Lag-Avidity laboratory test for detection of recent HIV infections, applied in a sample of the cases diagnosed in the two cities in 2013. For the estimation of the HIV incidence for the total population of the cities, the recent infections de…
Utilização das informações vitais para a estimação de indicadores de mortalidade no Brasil
O artigo apresenta a construção histórica brasileira sobre a utilização das informações vitais, incorporando procedimentos de avaliação das informações e pesquisas de busca ativa de nascimentos e óbitos, que resultaram na proposição de métodos para o cálculo de indicadores de natalidade e mortalidade mediante o uso de registros contínuos. Além das pesquisas para captar eventos vitais referentes aos anos de 2000 e 2008, são apresentados os procedi…
Sex work stigma and non-disclosure to health care providers
BACKGROUND: Stigma in health services may be detrimental to health seeking attitudes and practices. This study investigates non-disclosure of sex work to health care providers among female sex workers (FSW) in Brazil and its association with the utilization of health care services. METHODS: This study used cross-sectional respondent-driven sampling, carried out in 12 Brazilian cities to identify HIV risk behaviors among FSW. We first assessed sta…
Factors associated with the receipt of pensions among older adults
OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence of receipt of pensions and associated factors in a nationally representative sample of the Brazilian population aged 50 years and over. METHODS: We used data from 9,130 participants from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil) baseline survey. The outcome variable was receipt of pensions from any source. The exploratory variables were age, gender, residence by region and by urban/rural area, h…
Hospitalizations among older adults
OBJECTIVE: To examine the factors associated with hospital use and their frequency in a nationally representative sample of the Brazilian population aged 50 years or older. METHODS: Data from the baseline of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil), conducted in 2015-2016, were used. Predisposing, enabling and need factors for the use of health services were considered. The analyzes were based on the Hurdle regression model and on …
Cognitive function among older adults
OBJECTIVE: To investigate macroregional variations in cognitive function in a national sample representative of the Brazilian population aged 50 years and older. METHODS: Data from the baseline of the Longitudinal Study of Brazilian Elderly (ELSI-Brazil), collected between 2015 and 2016, were used. Memory was measured by means of a 10-word list and executive function, by semantic verbal fluency, based on the naming of animals. Gender, age, educat…
Life course socioeconomic inequalities and oral health status in later life
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between life course socioeconomic conditions and two oral health outcomes (edentulism and use of dental prostheses among individuals with severe tooth loss) among older Brazilian adults. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study with data from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil) which includes information on persons aged 50 years or older residing in 70 municipalities across the five g…
Adequate control of hypertension among older adults
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of adequate control of hypertension among older adults and to examine its association with predisposing and enabling factors and the need to use health services. METHODS: The analysis was carried out with 4,148 participants (≥ 50 years) from the baseline of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil), who reported being hypertensive and using antihypertensive medication. Adequate control of hypert…
Inequalities in basic activities of daily living among older adults
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the magnitude of wealth-related inequalities in basic activities of daily living among community-dwelling Brazilian older adults and to determine the contribution of demographic, socioeconomic, and health conditions to the inequality. METHODS: We used data from the 2015 Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil) with a nationally representative sample of adults aged 50 years or older. We assessed wealthrelated ineq…
Cost-related underuse of medications in older adults
OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence and factors associated with cost-related underuse of medications in a nationally representative sample of Brazilians aged 50 years and over. METHODS: Among the 9,412 participants of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSIBrazil), 6,014 reported using at least one medication on regular basis and were included in the analysis. Underuse of medications was by stopping taking or reducing the number of tablet…
Multimorbidity
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the occurrence and factors associated with multimorbidity among Brazilians aged 50 years and over. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study in a nation-based cohort of the non-institutionalized population in Brazil. Data were collected between 2015 and 2016. Multimorbidity was assessed from a list of 19 morbidities, which were categorized into ≥ 2 and ≥ 3 diseases. The analysis included the calculation of frequencies and th…
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