Profile of elderly people enrolled in an interaction and leisure project in a capital city of the northeast of Brazil
International Journal of Development Research
Profile of elderly people enrolled in an interaction and leisure project in a capital city of the northeast of Brazil
Received 07th March, 2019; Received in revised form 25th April, 2019; Accepted 10th May, 2019; Published online 30th June, 2019.
Copyright © 2019, Juliana Alencar Moreira Borges et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This is a descriptive study with quantitative approach that describes the epidemiological and socioeconomic profile of elderly people enrolled in an interaction and leisure project in the city of Fortaleza-CE-Brazil. Data were collected from August to October 2013 using a modified instrument, based on an original instrument of the Brazil Old Age Schedule - BOAS. The results showed that of the 24 elderly people interviewed, the majority were women (87.5%), retired (89%), had a low purchasing power (83.3%), and low level of schooling (58.3%). The majority of the elderly (79%) had a positive perception of their general health. However, 91.7% had some type of illness and 91.7% used medication on a daily basis. All respondents (100%) presented a high degree of autonomy and independence, once they were able to perform daily activities. Results that characterize groups of elderly people are fundamental to subsidize health education actions because they allow knowing the characteristics of each member of the group.
