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标题：Some epidemiological aspects of elderly participants of a relationship group in the city of Jequié-BA
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作者：Lucas Silveira Sampaio ; Luciana Araújo dos Reis ; Talita Santos Oliveira 等
期刊名称：Revista Saúde.Com
印刷版ISSN：1809-0761
出版年度：2007
卷号：3
期号：2
页码：19-26
出版社：Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia
摘要：The demographic aging, followed by longevity, provided morbimortality alterations showing a significant part of elderly attacked by noncommunicable chronic-degenerative diseases. In this perspective this study of descriptive exploratory character with transversal delineation aimed to identify the epidemiological profile of 25 elderly and characterize them inside a third age relationship group in the city of Jequié/BA. The majority of the elderly was of the female sex, 68% of the interviewed ones are retired and 32% still carry through professional activities. About the educational level, 20% are illiterate, literate 28%, 44% have the Elementary Degree and 8% the High School Degree. The health problems most cited were disc herniation, cerebrovascular accident, tendinitis, fistulous, arthrosis and others. The pain prevalence was present in 80% of the subjects, and 77% presented pain for more than 6 months. The most frequent localizations were in low back column (44,4%), right shoulder/superior thorax and knee (29.6%).
关键词：aged ; health of the elderly ; epidemiology