scholarly journals Explaining the variation in the management of lifestyle risk factors in primary health care: A multilevel cross sectional study

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel A Laws ◽  
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Upali W Jayasinghe ◽  
Mark F Harris ◽  
Anna M Williams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Lifestyle Risk Factors ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Lifestyle Risk

scholarly journals Socio-demographic caracteristics and prevalence of risk factors in a hypertensive and diabetics population: a cross-sectional study in primary health care in Brazil

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julio Baldisserotto ◽  
Luciane Kopittke ◽  
Fulvio Borges Nedel ◽  
Silvia Pasa Takeda ◽  
Claunara Schilling Mendonça ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Primary Health

scholarly journals SARCOPENIA PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN ELDERLY PEOPLE ASSISTED BY PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY SARCOPENIA PREVALENCE IN ELDERLY

2016 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
L. Campos Aparecido Martins ◽  
P.J. Fortes Villas Bôas ◽  
K.C. Portero McLellan
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
P Value ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
High Prevalence

Background: Sarcopenia is prevalent in the elderly population and has been postulated as the main factor for the decline in strength with age, representing a health deficient state with a personal high cost. Objective: To identify the prevalence of sarcopenia and its association with anthropometric and socioeconomic factors in elderly patients assisted by primary health care. Design and Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted with 136 individuals aged 60 years and older. Socioeconomic and demographic status, and anthropometric profile were assessed for all individuals. For the diagnosis of sarcopenia it was considered muscle wasting associated with loss of muscle strength. Logistic regression model was performed to identify the risk factors for sarcopenia considering a 5% significance level for the corresponding p-value. Results: The prevalence of sarcopenia in the studied population was 37.5%, however being higher among men (66.6%). Of those individuals with sarcopenia, 50% of men and 29% of women were overweight, 35% of men and 64% of women had abnormal waist to hip ratio. Retirement (OR: 2.165; CI: 1.037 to 4.250) and smoking (OR: 9.435; CI: 1.228 to 72.499) represented risk factors for sarcopenia. Conclusion: The study population had a high prevalence of sarcopenia, along with a high prevalence of abdominal obesity, which may be an important causal factor for insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes susceptibility. Sarcopenia was associated with behavioral (smoking) and demographic (retirement) variables.

scholarly journals Factors Related to Primary Health Care Provision: A Cross-Sectional Study in an Elderly Rural Population

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 343-356
Author(s):  
Ana Maseda ◽  
José Carlos Millán-Calenti ◽  
Julia Carpente ◽  
José Luis Rodríguez-Villamil ◽  
Carmen de Labra
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Health Care Provision ◽  
Care Provision ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Primary Health
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