O objetivo do estudo foi verificar a autopercepção de saúde de idosas praticantes de atividade física e fatores associados. Foi realizado um estudo transversal, recorte do estudo longitudinal do Centro de Referência e Atenção ao Idoso, no período de 2014 e 2015. Aplicou-se um questionário estruturado com questões sociodemográficas, comportamentais e clínicas. Participaram idosas que realizavam uma ou mais oficinas de exercícios físicos, como alongamento, ioga, pilates no solo, treinamento funcional e dança, no mínimo duas vezes por semana, há pelo menos um mês. Realizou-se análise descritiva e inferencial. Participaram do estudo 293 idosas, com idade média de 69 anos (± 6,9). A autopercepção de saúde foi relatada como positiva por 75,4% das idosas, e com relação a autopercepção de saúde negativa, não houve referência a saúde muito ruim e menos de 1% para saúde ruim. Na comparação de sua saúde no dia da entrevista com a de um ano atrás, 29,5% consideraram melhor e 56,8% igual, comparando com pessoas da mesma idade 62,5% referem estar melhor e 33,8% igual. Quanto a doenças crônicas, a maior frequência foi de hipertensão (58,6%), seguida por arritmia cardíaca (17,1%) e diabetes (11%). Houve associação entre autopercepção de saúde negativa e escolaridade, diabetes, arritmia cardíaca e uso de medicação. Conclui-se que a autopercepção de saúde pode ser influenciada pela escolaridade, condições clínicas, adesão e continuidade da prática de exercícios físicos em grupo.

ResumoObjetivo: investigar a prevalência de osteoartrite e a presença de fatores associados em frequentadores de um centro de convivência. Metodologia: trata-se de um estudo transversal aninhado a um estudo de coorte realizado com 391 adultos e idosos em um centro de convivência e atenção para idosos, de julho/2014 a julho/2015. Foram consideradas as variáveis: presença de osteoartrite, sexo, idade, cor/raça, estado nutricional, quedas, autopercepção de saúde, início da menopausa e auto relato de doenças. female, 47.9% aged between 60 and 69 years, 84.1% white, 56.5% underweight/normal weight, 16.1% reported falls in the last year, 72.2% health very good/good, 53.9% hypertension and 78.3% of women reached menopause after 55 years. The presence of osteoarthritis was associated with worse health perception (RP=2.01), history of falls (RP= 2.37), osteoporosis/osteopenia (RP=8,35) and rheumatoid arthritis (RP= 7,84). Conclusion: osteoarthritis was found to be prevalent in one subject every 12, possibly by physically active condition of the sample, suggesting its influence on the manifestation of the disease.

Oral anticoagulants are being used in the postoperative period of hip arthroplasty to prevent of thromboembolic events, create doubts as to the effectiveness of thromboprophylaxis and reduce the risk of hemorrhage. This systematic revision is aimed at evaluating the use of oral anticoagulants in the prevention of thromboembolic events in the postoperative period of patients undergoing hip arthroplasty. Research with descriptors found on PubMed, BVS, and the CAPES portal for medical journal publications from September 2015 to June 2016, from the last ten years (2005–2015), complete, free, and written in Portuguese and in English were the methods used. The results of the studies showed some cases of pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, and bleeding; even then, the NOACs were effective in preventing thromboembolic events. There is no consensus regarding the prophylaxis method for these events, which is why the challenge is to obtain high levels of prevention while minimizing the adverse effects. The most studied oral anticoagulant was rivaroxaban (67%). The three drugs that were studied have shown to be effective in preventing thromboembolic events, but the best results were obtained with rivaroxaban 10 mg, one tablet daily; treatment duration ranged from 30 to 35 days with oral anticoagulants and from 28 to 42 days with anti-platelet drugs.

Objective: To analyze depressive symptoms and factors associated with this pathology among elderly women. Method: A cross-sectional study nested in the longitudinal study of the Care and Reference Center for the Elderly of the Universidade de Passo Fundo (Passo Fundo University) in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, was carried out. Standardized questionnaires, pre-coded with sociodemographic information, were applied. The Geriatric Depression Scale was used to assess the outcome of depression. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire was used to evaluate the level of physical activity and parameters of Body Mass Index were used to assess nutritional status. The chi-squared test or the Fisher exact Test were applied to verify the association between outcome and exposure. Results: 313 elderly women were assessed. They were aged from 60 to 89 years, and most (284 -91.3%) belonged to economic classes B and C. Depression was present in 22 (7.1%) of the elderly women. In bivariate analysis, depression was associated with non-white elderly women (14.6%; p=0.039) who were classified as insufficiently active (10.6%; p=0.033). Conclusion: The results indicate the need to encourage the elderly to perform physical activities to contribute to the prevention of geriatric depression.

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