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[Characterization of elders residents in one community in Porto Alegre, Brazil]
Cristina Braga1, Liana Lautert
1Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.
Abstract:
This is a descriptive research that aimed to know living habits of 220 elders which reside in the area of the Community Health was of 70.4 years, and they were mostly woman (62.73%). The housing and company conditions showed that 86.36% of the elderly live in their own houses, with tree residents. In what concerns their health, 60% said that consider it very good and good; 23.73% informed not knowing any sickening condition; of those who referred as having any disease, stand out the cardiovascular (48.18%) and osseomuscular disturbs (22.73%).
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