Prevalence of polypharmacy and associated factors in older adults in Spain: Data from the National Health Survey 2017

Introduction: Health behaviors are fundamental for healthy aging. In this sense, the practice of physical activity is one of the most beneficial factors for the health of individuals. Objective: To describe the prevalence of leisure-time physical activity among the older adults and analyze in terms of sociodemographic characteristics, national regions, Federative Units of Brazil, and types of physical activity practiced. Methods: Study utilizing data from the Brazilian National Health Survey - 2013. Leisure-time physical activity was analyzed with two distinct cutoff points: 1) Some physical activity - 10 or more minutes/week; 2) Meeting recommended 150 minutes/week of physical activity. Results: Nearly 21% of the older adults completed some physical activity, and 13.2% reached the physical activity recommendations. There was no difference in the prevalence of physical activity between men and women. Individuals aged 60-69 years and those with higher income were more active than their peers. As for the national regions, the North had the lowest prevalence of physically active older adults. Among all regions, walking was the most frequent form of physical activity practiced. Conclusion: The prevalence of older adults who practiced some physical activity and reached the physical activity recommendations was low, with walking being the most common form of physical activity. Older adults with higher age, low socioeconomic status and from the Northern Brazilian regions were the least active.

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Association of physical performance impairments and limitations with insufficient physical activity among older adults in Brazil: results from the national health survey

Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1007/s10389-020-01351-7 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Luiza Ferreira Moreira ◽

Antônio Macedo Costa Filho ◽

Juleimar Soares Coelho de Amorim

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Older Adults ◽

Physical Performance ◽

National Health ◽

Health Survey ◽

National Health Survey ◽

Insufficient Physical Activity

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Depression in the Peruvian population and its associated factors: analysis of a national health survey

Journal of Affective Disorders ◽

10.1016/j.jad.2020.03.100 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 273 ◽

pp. 291-297

Author(s):

Akram Hernández-Vásquez ◽

Rodrigo Vargas-Fernández ◽

Guido Bendezu-Quispe ◽

Leandro Nicolás Grendas

Keyword(s):

National Health ◽

Health Survey ◽

Associated Factors ◽

National Health Survey ◽

Factors Analysis

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Dietary Habits of Older Adults in Serbia: Findings From the National Health Survey

Frontiers in Public Health ◽

10.3389/fpubh.2021.610873 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

Author(s):

Dragana Stosovic ◽

Nadja Vasiljevic ◽

Verica Jovanovic ◽

Andja Cirkovic ◽

Katarina Paunovic ◽

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Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

National Health ◽

Health Survey ◽

Dietary Habits ◽

Secondary Analysis ◽

Binary Logistic Regression ◽

National Health Survey ◽

Public Health Action ◽

Younger Adults ◽

Nationally Representative

Objectives: Adults aged 65 years and older comprise one fifth of the Serbian population. Many of them have multiple, often diet-related comorbidities. We aimed to investigate their dietary habits by comparing them with younger adults' and to determine the relation of the differing ones to demographic, socioeconomic and health factors.Methods: We performed a secondary analysis of 2013 Serbian National Health Survey data on 14,082 adults. Binary logistic regression was used to determine dietary habits associated with older age (≥65 years) compared to younger age (18–64 years) and to assess their independent predictors in older adults.Results: Older adults more often reported everyday breakfast (OR = 2.085, 95%CI = 1.622–2.680) and brown/wholegrain bread consumption (OR = 1.681, 95% CI = 1.537–1.839), while using margarine (OR = 0.578, 95%CI = 0.397–0.839), discretionary salt (sometimes: OR = 0.648, 95%CI = 0.596–0.705, almost always: OR = 0.522, 95%CI = 0.445–0.614) and consuming fish (two or more times a week: OR = 0.465, 95%CI = 0.383–0.566) less frequently than younger adults. This was mainly positively related to urban environment, affluence, higher education and poor health.Conclusion: Using nationally representative data, we found that older adults reported healthier dietary habits compared to younger adults, which requires timely public health action.

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Informal and paid care for Brazilian older adults (National Health Survey, 2013)

Revista de Saúde Pública ◽

10.1590/s1518-8787.2017051000013 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 51 (suppl 1) ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa ◽

Sérgio Viana Peixoto ◽

Deborah Carvalho Malta ◽

Célia Landmann Szwarcwald ◽

Juliana Vaz de Melo Mambrini

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Informal Care ◽

National Health ◽

Health Survey ◽

Population Aging ◽

Functional Limitations ◽

Sociodemographic Factors ◽

National Health Survey ◽

Community Dwelling ◽

Term Care

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To describe the prevalence and sociodemographic factors associated with informal and paid care for Brazilian older adults with functional limitations. METHODS Of the 23,815 participants of the National Health Survey aged 60 or older, 5,978 reported needing help to perform activities of daily living and were included in this analysis. The dependent variable was the source of care, categorized as exclusively informal (unpaid), exclusively formal (paid), mixed or none. The socio-demographic variables were age (60-64, 65-74, ≥ 75 years old), gender and number of residents in the household (1, 2, ≥ 3). The multivariate analysis was based on binomial and multinomial logistic regressions. RESULTS Informal care predominated (81.8%), followed by paid (5.8%) or mixed (6.8%) and no care (5.7%). The receipt of care from any source increased gradually with the number of residents in a same household, regardless of age and gender (OR = 4.85 and 9.74 for 2 and ≥ 3, respectively). Age was positively associated with receiving any care while the male gender showed a negative association. The number of residents in the household showed the strongest association with informal care (OR = 10.94 for ≥ 3 residents), compared with paid (OR = 5.48) and mixed (OR = 4.16) care. CONCLUSIONS Informal care is the main source of help for community-dwelling older adults with functional limitations. In a context of rapid population aging and decline in family size, the results reinforce the need for policies to support long-term care for older Brazilians.

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