784 resultados para DWELLING OLDER-ADULTS
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
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Pós-graduação em Ciências da Motricidade - IBRC
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O reconhecimento dos limites entre o envelhecimento normal e o patológico é essencial para a adoção de políticas de saúde baseadas em evidências para o grupo etário acima de 65 anos. Este estudo é parte de um esforço sistemático que o grupo de pesquisa do Laboratório de Investigações em Neurodegeneração e Infecção da Universidade Federal do Pará tem feito para fornecer informações translacionais sobre a neurobiologia do envelhecimento normal e alterada. A meta principal em longo prazo é permitir políticas públicas para o envelhecimento saudável na Região Amazônica. No presente trabalho investigamos os efeitos do envelhecimento sobre os desempenhos em testes neuropsicológicos selecionados para avaliar aprendizagem, memória e alterações de linguagem. 29 adultos jovens (29,9 ± 1,06 anos) e 31 idosos (74,1 ± 1,15 anos) saudáveis foram submetidos aos testes e os resultados de seus desempenhos foram comparados por testes paramétricos e estatística multivariada. Uma anamnese e uma variedade de testes cognitivos, incluindo Mini Exame do Estado Mental, tarefas visuo-espaciais de aprendizagem e de memória da bateria de testes neuropsicológicos automatizados - CANTAB e testes de linguagem incluindo fluência verbal semântica e fonológica, teste de nomeação de Boston reduzido, performance narrativa utilizando a figura “o roubo dos biscoitos” e alguns testes da Bateria Montreal de Comunicação - MAC. O programa BioEstat versão 5.0 e o pacote estatístico SPSS foram utilizados para a análise. O teste paramétrico t de Student ou o não paramétrico de Mann-Whitney foram aplicados para detectar diferenças significativas (fixadas em valores de p <0,05). Os grupos foram pareados por escolaridade e incluiu homens e mulheres. A análise das subcategorias que compõem o MEEM mostrou diferença significativa apenas na recuperação da memória de evocação de lista de palavras, em que o grupo de idosos apresentou pior desempenho em comparação com o grupo de jovens. Foram encontradas diferenças estatisticamente significativas entre os desempenhos de idosos e jovens adultos nos seguintes testes de linguagem: 1) Nomeação de Boston, 2) Testes de Narrativa, 3) Metáforas; 4) Prosódia Emocional e Linguística. Em comparação com os adultos jovens, indivíduos idosos apresentaram pior desempenho em 10 medidas diferentes nos testes de memória visuo-espacial e de aprendizagem do CANTAB. Distâncias Euclidianas e análise discriminante obtidas a partir do CANTAB e dos testes de linguagem demonstraram que os primeiros distinguem os grupos com maior resolução. Os efeitos do envelhecimento sobre o desempenho nos testes neuropsicológicos selecionados revelam que a Bateria CANTAB, empregada para testar a memória visuo-espacial, é mais sensível e discrimina melhor a formação de subgrupos tanto no grupo de adultos jovens quanto no grupo de idosos. Por essa razão sugerimos que a aplicação em larga escala de testes selecionados da bateria CANTAB, tanto em estudos transversais como em longitudinais, vai aumentar nossa capacidade de resolução na distinção dos limites entre o envelhecimento normal e o patológico.
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Pós-graduação em Desenvolvimento Humano e Tecnologias - IBRC
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
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INTRODUCTION: Resistance training (RT) has been widely used for older adults in order to minimize or reverse the deleterious effects of aging in the neuromuscular system. However, the potential benefits of RT on arterial blood pressure and heart rate at rest in older adults remain controversial. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the effect of eight weeks of RT on systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR) in older women without hypertension. METHODS: Seventeen women (aged 66.0 ± 5.8 years) without previous experience in RT were randomly assigned to either a training (TG, n = 10) or control (CG, n = 7) groups. Hemodynamic parameters at rest were evaluated by auscultatory method (mercury sphygmomanometer) and HR monitor (Polar), before and after eight weeks of experimental period. RESULTS: Reductions attributable to RT were found only to SBP (-13.4 mmHg, p <0.01). Although significant reductions were observed for DBP and MBP, the analysis of covariance showed no interaction Group x Time significant. CONCLUSION: RT proved an effective training to promote adaptations in the cardiovascular system of older women without hypertension. Eight weeks of RT can significantly reduce SBP at rest in older women.
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
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Objective To verify the effects of a systematized multimodal exercise intervention program on frontal cognitive function, postural control, and functional capacity components of individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD).DesignNonrandomized controlled trial with pre- and posttraining tests in a training group and a control group.SettingKinesiotherapy program for seniors with AD, SAo Paulo State University.ParticipantsConvenience sample of older adults with AD (n=30) were assigned to a training (n=14; aged 78.67.1) and a control (n=16; aged 77.06.3) group.InterventionThe intervention program was structured with the aim of simultaneously promoting better balance and frontal cognitive capacity. The participants attended a 1-hour session three times a week for 16weeks, whereas the control group did not participate in any activity during the same period.MeasurementsFrontal cognitive function was evaluated using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, the Clock Drawing Test, the Frontal Assessment Battery, and the Symbol Search Subtest. Postural control (center of pressure area) was analyzed under four dual-task conditions. Functional capacity components were analyzed using the Timed Up and Go Test, the 30-second sit-to-stand test, the sit-and-reach test, and the Berg Functional Balance Scale.ResultsIntervention group participants showed a significant increase in frontal cognitive function (P<.001, partial (2)=0.838), with less body sway (P=.04, partial (2)=0.04) during the dual tasks, and greater functional capacity (P=.001, partial (2)=0.676) after the 16-week period.ConclusionIntervention participants performed better on dual-task activities and had better postural balance and greater functional capacity than controls.
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UNATI (Open University of the Third Age), UNESP, Marília campus, has offered subsidies for the development of this work aimed at researching the existing relationships between information mediation processes and technological devices, especially computers, assuming that reading practices and textual construction in online environments could help the “third age” population to have access to these devices, thus promoting digital inclusion in this group. Mediation was presented as an interventionist action that, by introducing an intermediate element in the learning process, causes a rupture in the ways of living and personal digital inclusion processes hitherto experienced. In the context of a workshop, we found out that there is a physical relationship between subjects and technological supports and such a contact proved to be necessary, considering that handling a computer required knowledge of procedures, thus furthering a logic of use. It turned out to be necessary to develop actions that would enable the handling of a computer so as to bring about acceptance of these supports. Accordingly, activities were developed so as to articulate reminiscent processes, memories of older adults, the writing down of such memories and the creation of a blog to bring enhanced visibility to the content produced by older people. Such actions have shown that remembering, writing down and posting can reshape not only social relations but somehow significantly promote digital inclusion among older adults.
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Currently , as a result of the significant increase in the number of elderly, one can observe an increase in the number of chronic diseases , among them Alzheimer's disease (AD) , which affects both patients and their caregivers , that due care with the patient , just overwhelmed , anxious and depressed. Therefore, this study aims to draw a profile of caregivers of Alzheimer's patients, correlating the physical activity of patients with levels of overload, anxiety, depression caregivers. For both sample consisted of 40 patients with AD to characterize the physical activity levels and perform activities of daily living. In addition, we evaluated 40 caregivers. Patient assessment was made through a medical history, beyond the score Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR), Mini - Mental State Examination (MMSE), Modified Baecke Questionnaire for Older Adults (MBQ) , Functional Activities Questionnaire PFEFFER (QAFP) , and the Self Perception Performance in Activities of Daily Living (EAPAVD). For assessing the caregiver was also used an interview, then the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), anxiety and depression scale (HAD) Scale and the Zarit caregiver burden (Zarit). The data were processed using descriptive procedures for the analysis of characterization of samples, such as cognitive screening and physical activity level and profile of caregivers. There was a normal distribution of the data using the Shapiro Wilk, For data with normal distribution were used parametric descriptive procedures using One Way ANOVA to compare groups and applying a post hoc Bonferroni. As for the data that showed the destruction not normal was used to standardize the test by Z -score , and then treated by means of parametric statistical procedures , as presented earlier . The Pearson correlation was used to identify possible associations between variables. It was assumed significance level of 5 % (p ≤ 0.05) for all analyzes. Given these results, we conclude that...