Nursing home residents: the dimension of frailty

Background: Frailty is a state of increased vulnerability with multisystem loss of physiologic reserves and decreased response to stressors, predicting adverse health outcomes. The phenotype of frailty is characterized by unintentional weight loss, self-reported exhaustion, weakness (low grip strength), slow walking speed, and low physical activity. This study aimed at assessing the prevalence and characteristics of frailty in a sample of institutionalized older people to identify a target intervention group. Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional and correlational study. Participants were 226 men and women living in nursing home facilities. Frailty was assessed using the phenotype of frailty. Sociodemographic, health status, physical and cognitive function, and depression data were collected. Relations between variables were analyzed using parametric (t test, Pearson coefficient) and nonparametric (chi-square and Spearman coefficient) tests. A multiple linear regression model was applied to assess the relationship between the frailty criteria and a set of predictor variables. Results: Assessment of frailty was possible in 35.3% of the subjects and 41.5% were found frail, 52.1% prefrail, and 6.4% nonfrail. Three frailty criteria had higher prevalence: weakness (76.6%), low physical activity (61.7%), and low walking speed (52.1%). The number of frailty criteria per subject was significantly correlated with cognitive status and depressive symptoms, and there was weak, though significant, correlation with the Barthel Index. Participants in frailty tests had a better functional and cognitive state than those unable to participate. No significant difference in depressive symptoms was found between these 2 groups. The multiple regression model explained only 21.6% of the variation of frailty. Conclusions: Subjects revealed low social status, advanced age comorbidity, and multifactorial incapacity. In a nursing home setting, frail and prefrail elderly stand out as a subset in the sample with higher functional status, as opposed to the usual findings in community-dwelling older adults. These facts should help recognize them as a target intervention group, as frail elderly are vulnerable and their needs might be underestimated in a setting where highly dependent people represent a huge burden for caretakers. Targeted interventions may improve their condition, prevent adverse health events, and preserve quality of life.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio

Avaliação de progênies de Eucalyptus crebra no norte do Estado de Goiás.

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Rotação de culturas. XXIII. Efeitos das culturas de inverno sobre o rendimento de grãos e sobre algumas características agronômicas de plantas de soja, num período de nove anos.

bitstream/item/133654/1/ID12354-1988-1989sojaresultados-p88-99.pdfTrabalho apresentado na XVII Reunião de Pesquisa de Soja da Região Sul, Porto Alegre, 1989

Experimental determination of the non-extensive entropic parameter qq

We show how to extract the $q$ parameter from experimental data, considering an inhomogeneous magnetic system composed by many Maxwell-Boltzmann homogeneous parts, which after integration over the whole system recover the Tsallis non-extensivity. Analyzing the cluster distribution of La$_{0.7}$Sr$_{0.3}$MnO$_{3}$ manganite, obtained through scanning tunnelling spectroscopy, we measure the $q$ parameter and predict the bulk magnetization with good accuracy. The connection between the Griffiths phase and non-extensivity is also considered. We conclude that the entropic parameter embodies information about the dynamics, the key role to describe complex systems.Comment: Submitted to Phys. Rev. Let

Sistema de cultivo para cevada. III. Efeitos de algumas culturas de inverno sobre o rendimento de grãos da soja e da ervilhaca sobre o rendimento de grãos de milho, em plantio direto, no período de 1986/1987 a 1988/1989.

bitstream/item/133650/1/ID12384-1988-1989sojaresultados-p54-61.pdfTrabalho apresentado na XVII Reunião de Pesquisa de Soja da Região Sul, Porto Alegre, 1989

Avaliação das características do solo em uma recuperação de mata ciliar no município de ouro preto d'oeste, Rondônia.

Este trabalho foi realizado na bacia do rio Boa vista, localizada no município de Ouro Preto d´Oeste - Rondônia, com o intuito de avaliar os componentes químicos e resistência à penetração do solo submetido à recuperação da mata ciliar três anos após o plantio comparando com uma área ao lado de plantio convencional

Studies of P(L/D)LA 96/4 non-woven scaffolds and fibres; properties, wettability and cell spreading before and after intrusive treatment methods

Poly(L/D)lactide 96/4 fibres with diameters of 50 and 80 microm were produced. The smaller diameter fibres were carded and needle punched to form a non-woven mat. Fibres and non-woven mats were hydrolysed for a period of 20 weeks. Fibres and pressed non-woven discs were treated with low-temperature oxygen plasma and alkaline KOH hydrolysis and ethanol washing was used as a reference treatment. The non-wovens lost 50% of their tear strength after 8 weeks in vitro while the fibres still retained 65% tensile strength after 20 weeks. Hydrolysation time in KOH, treatment time and power settings of the oxygen plasma were all directly proportional to the mechanical properties of the fibres. Increasing time (and power) resulted in lower tensile properties. Rapid wetting of the scaffolds was achieved by oxygen plasma, KOH hydrolysation and ethanol washing. Cell culturing using fibroblast cell line was carried out for the treated and non-treated non-woven scaffolds. In terms of adhesion and the spreading of the cells into the scaffold, best results after 3-day culturing were obtained for the oxygen plasma treated scaffolds

Sistemas de rotação de culturas com trigo para a região sul do Brasil.

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