Giovane Pereira Balbé

Perfil de morbidade referida e padrão de acesso a serviços de saúde por idosos praticantes de atividade física

The morbidity profile and access to health services of 132 women and 33 men, with average age of 69.1 ± 6 years--all practitioners of physical activities was--analyzed. A questionnaire for the socio-demographic profile, physical activity involved, self-referred morbidity and access to health services was applied. In the analysis, descriptive and inferencial statistics were used, with a significance level of 5%. Most of the sample was 60-69 years old (55.7%), practicing water aerobics (52.7%) and had high blood pressure (48.4%). The women aged 60 to 69 years (p <0.05) and 70 to 79 years (p <0.05) had at least one chronic disease. The indicators of access to health services were similar between genders (p> 0.05). The younger-aged men went more often to a doctor during the last year than the younger-aged women (p <0.05). In the other age brackets, feminine hegemony was maintained, with significant difference for 70 to 79 year-old females (p <0.05). Most of the elderly sought their private doctor (33.3%) or a health center (27.8 %). The main problems of the health services were medication (64.8%) and delays in scheduling consultations (48.4%). It was noted that the elderly are worried about preventive healthcare, which can be linked to the benefits of the practice of physical activity.

Morbidade e mortalidade da população idosa de Florianópolis: um estudo comparativo entre homens e mulheres

OBJETIVOS: Identificar e comparar as principais causas de morbi-mortalidade, entre homens e mulheres com 60 anos ou mais, residentes no municipio de Florianopolis -Santa Catarina, ano de 2007. METODOS: Estudo descritivo por meio de dados secundarios disponiveis no Sistema de Informacoes de Mortalidade (SIM/SUS), do Sistema de Internacoes Hospitalares (SIH/SUS) e para os dados demograficos segundo o IBGE. RESULTADOS: Identificou-se a doenca isquemica do coracao, seguida da cerebrovascular e do câncer de pulmao, com os maiores coeficientes de mortalidade nos idosos. Ao comparar as principais causas de mortalidade e sexo, os homens apresentaram maior risco para câncer de pulmao, septicemia e cirrose e doenca cronica do figado (razao igual a 2,9; 2,4; 2,4, respectivamente). Entre as causas mais prevalentes de morbidade, destacam-se as doencas circulatorias, neoplasias e doencas respiratorias. Ao comparar as causas de morbidade ao sexo, as doencas circulatorias, seguidas das neoplasias e doencas geniturinarias, destacaram-se pela maior razao nas mulheres (razao igual a 0,93; 0,90; 0,89, respectivamente) embora com pequena diferenca. CONCLUSAO: A doenca isquemica do coracao, doenca cerebrovascular e câncer de pulmao foram as principais causas de obito entre os idosos, mas comparadas ao sexo, observou-se que câncer de pulmao, septicemia e cirrose e doenca cronica do figado apresentaram-se como as principais responsaveis pela sobremortalidade masculina. As doencas circulatorias, seguidas das neoplasias e doencas respiratorias, destacaram-se pela maior causa de morbidade nos idosos, com predominio nas mulheres, exceto as respiratorias, dando lugar as doencas geniturinarias.

Força de preensão manual e aptidões físicas: um estudo preditivo com idosos ativos

Introduction: Evaluation of handgrip strength (HS) is a useful method for assessing overall muscle strength of old people. Objective: To investigate the relationship between HS and the physical skills of old people practitioners of physical exercise, according to sex. Methods: A descriptive study with 106 women and 30 man practicing physical exercises in a university extension program, which underwent a battery of Senior Fitness Test (lower limb strength, upper limbs strength, lower limbs flexibility, agility

Produção científica sobre atividade física e envelhecimento em programas brasileiros de pósgraduação em Educação Física

This study aimed to analyze some scientific researches about the connection between physical exercises and aging in Brazilian programs of graduate in Physical Education. The information came from the graduate studies program in Physical Education, from the bank of theses and dissertations from CAPES. Observed concentration of jobs in the Southeast, more frequently and qualitative research interview as the most used tool. Inpioneering programs, the concentration of research groups and identification with the subject in focus, to newly established programs, are on the aspects that may have influenced the scientific-oriented physical activity and aging.