Healthy Aging, Quality of Life, Primary Health Care.
Conditions
Interventions
Multidimensional interventions were applied to the Intervention Group, with 60 participants, during seven monthly meetings held in Natal and Santa Cruz. The interventions included several activities a
Behavioural
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Sponsors
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Eligibility
Age
60 Years to 91 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Age greater than or equal to 60 years; male or female gender; be enrolled in the Primary Health Care of your municipality; and present preserved cognitive status.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Major physical disability; cognitive impairment; residence time in your municipality less than six months.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement of the Quality of Life Scale of the "Medical Outcomes Short-Form Health Survey" (SF-36) in the Intervention Group after application of multidimensional interventions, which represents an improvement in Quality of Life;Reduction of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-30) score in the Intervention Group after the application of multidimensional interventions, which represents reduction of depressive symptoms | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Increased correlation index (r greater than 0.5) observed between several aspects of Quality of Life and Geriatric Depression in the intervention group, after application of the interventions | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactGilson Torres
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Outcome results
None listed