Elderly with ischemic stroke: social-demographic and functional characterization
| Autor: | Vieira, Chrystiany Plácido de Brito, Fialho, Ana Virgínia de Melo, Almeida, Paulo César de, Moreira, Thereza Maria Magalhães |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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| Zdroj: | Rev Rene, Vol 13, Iss 3 (2012) Rev Rene; Vol 13 No 3 (2012) Rev Rene; v. 13 n. 3 (2012) Rev Rene Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) instacron:UFC |
| ISSN: | 2175-6783 1517-3852 |
| Popis: | The objective was to describe the social-demographic and functional characteristics of elderly after ischemic stroke. Descriptive quantitative study carried out with a sample of accessibility of 52 elderly patients with ischemic stroke, in a health service in Fortaleza-CE-Brazil, between May and August 2009. We calculated the average and standard deviation for continuous variables and chi-square test to compare proportions in categorical variables. The results showed that 37 (71.2%) were between 60 and 79 years old, 43 (82.7%) lived in Fortaleza, 30 (57.7%) were married, with average family income of 2.5 minimum wages and 16 (30.8%) had a family history of the illness. The proportion of elderly was uniformly distributed in the range of disability and dependency (p=0.972 and p=0.780). The knowledge of the profile of the elderly is crucial because their quality of life has a strong connection with their social and economic reality, as well as with their functional capacity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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