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OBJECTIVE:To assess the validity of a battery of functional capacity tests in community-living elderly Canadians. MATERIAL AND METHODS: DESIGN:cross-sectional study. STUDY POPULATION:baseline data from 1793 men and women aged 74.4 +/- 4.1 participating in the NuAge longitudinal study were collected from December 2003 to April 2005 and used for the analyses. A global score measuring functional capacities (BFC) was constructed as the sum of four tests according to a method proposed by Guralnik [Timed Up and Go, walking speed (4 m), chair stands (five times), standing balance]. Multivariate linear regression analysis was used to study the relationship between age, sex, and physical activity, and BFC score. RESULTS:The global functional capacities score had an internal consistency of 0.74. It was significantly associated with age, sex and measures of mental and physical health status including: cognitive function (< 0.001), depressive symptoms (< 0.001), nutritional risk (< 0.001), burden of disease (< 0.001), and level of physical activity (< 0.001) thus supporting the construct validity of the global score. Age related differences in BFC were consistent and similar among men and women. CONCLUSION:The global score of functional capacity tests provided a valid assessment of physical capacities in the community-living elderly. While men had higher global BFC scores than women, among both sexes the best performance was observed in the youngest age group and in those reporting more physical activity.
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Salud Publica Mexjournal_title
Salud publica de Mexicoauthors
Avila-Funes JA,Gray-Donald K,Payette Hdoi
10.1590/s0036-36342006000600002subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-11-01 00:00:00pages
446-54issue
6eissn
0036-3634issn
1606-7916pii
S0036-36342006000600002journal_volume
48pub_type
杂志文章abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish indicators for food security (FS) in two Colombian municipalities. MATERIAL AND METHODS:In 1999-2000, a descriptive study was carried out in two municipalities of the department of Santander, Colombia, that determined the cost of basic food baskets (BFB), to estimate price indices (PI), their va...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:This paper aims at describing the behavior of tobacco's demand in Mexico across four one-year periods: 1992, 1994, 1996, and 1998, as well as to estimate a cigarette demand function. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A cross-sectional study with longitudinal analysis was conducted. Information sources were the Encuesta N...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The present research is included in the fields of public health, social sciences and gender studies. Its objective is to provide insight into the nursing behaviour of two groups of mothers, their domestic and extra-domestic child care arrangements and their attitudes towards breast-feeding. Thirty-five mothers were se...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This article presents the results of a retrospective analysis of unintentional and intentional injury mortality in México City for the period 1970-1986. The mortality rates and trends were obtained out of 73,197 registered deaths, (according to the 9th revision of the International Disease Classification). Deaths due ...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The evaluation of the program for enhancing health services showed advances in the building and provision of equipment for the health units, as well as development of additional operative capability until 1991. One of the main characteristics of the evaluation process, was the utilization of the local and state inform...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the health, labor and social factors which contribute to quitting work in two transnational electronic parts factories in Tijuana, Mexico. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A cohort study of 725 women employed either at a Japanese or an American electronic parts factory in Tijuana was performed between January...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This essay describes the history of the civil society breast cancer movement in Mexico, the role played by breast cancer NGOs and the changes they must undergo for their activities to impact the quality of life of men and women dealing with this disease. The concept of civil society today has been transformed, regaini...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 历史文章,杂志文章
doi：10.1590/s0036-36342009000800025
更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the age, period and cohort effects on breast cancer (BC) mortality in Mexico. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Age, period and cohort curvature trends for BC mortality were estimated through the Poisson Regression model proposed by Holford. RESULTS:Nationally, BC death rates have leveled off since 1995 in mos...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1590/s0036-36342009000800005
更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the coverage of lung cancer in Mexico and offer recommendations in this regard. MATERIALS AND METHODS:By means of the conformation of a multidisciplinary group, we analyze the burden of the disease relative to the lung cancer and the access to the medical treatment offered by the different public ...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.21149/10114
更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate energy, nutrient intake and diet adequacy in school-aged children based on the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey 2006 (ENSANUT 2006). MATERIAL AND METHODS:Food intake data from food frequency questionnaires was analyzed for 8 716 children aged 5 to 11 years. Energy and nutrients intake...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1590/s0036-36342009001000009
更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the price elasticity of the demand for cigarettes in Mexico based on data sources and a methodology different from the ones used in previous studies on the topic. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Quarterly time series of consumption, income and price for the time period 1994 to 2005 were used. A long-run dem...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1590/s0036-36342010000800015
更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The main objective of a hospital-acquired infections control program is to decrease the risk of acquisition and the morbidity and costs associated. The organization of a team with technical and humanistic leadership is essential. Every infection control program must also develop strategies that allow: a) identificatio...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To obtain information about emotional ailments based on the experience of adults in a socially underserved urban community, their social support resources to cope with them, and their health care expectancies. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The study began in 2000, in the Magdalena Contreras District of Mexico City. D...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1590/s0036-36342005000200008
更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Comparison of routine hospital indicators (consults at the Emergency Room (ER) and hospital admissions) during the 2009 pandemic of the influenza AH1N1 virus at the national referral hospital for respiratory diseases in Mexico City. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The outbreak was from April to mid-May 2009 and two con...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1590/s0036-36342011000400008
更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To contribute to the knowledge on the impact of human productive activities on the environment, human health, and the survival of animal species. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A study case of water bodies in the south of Sonora was conducted in 1996. The software Decision Support System for Industrial Pollution Contr...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In this report the organization and performance of the IMSS-Solidaridad Program of Mexico is described. This program is managed by the Mexican Institute for Social Security, which services 10.5 million inhabitants of the rural underserved areas, with federal government resources in 18 states. This study compares the s...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The effectiveness of vaccines and immunization in the prevention of infectious diseases is one of the greatest successes in medicine. In recent years, with access to cutting edge genomic and proteomic technology, it is possible to accelerate the development of new and improved vaccines with better immunogenicity and s...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1590/s0036-36342009000900012
更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish the frequency of compliance to pharmacological therapy, and to identify non-compliance factors, in relation to metabolic control on patients with type-II diabetes mellitus. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted between 1997 and 1998, among 150 type-II diabetic pa...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Absence of financial protection in health is a recently diagnosed "disease" of health systems. The most obvious symptom is that families face economic ruin and poverty as a consequence of financing their health care. Mexico was one of the first countries to diagnose the problem, attribute it to lack of financial prote...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The National Seroepidemiologic survey was carried out by the General Directorate of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health from March 1987 to May 1988. One of the objectives of this survey was to know the mean cholesterol levels in the whole country and in each of the different states of the Mexican Republic by sex an...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Dengue is a major global public health problem affecting Latin America and Mexico Prevention and control measures, focusing on epidemiological surveillance and vector control, have been partially effective and costly, thus, the development of a vaccine against dengue has created great expectations among health authori...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the seroprevalence of brucellosis in agricultural workers. MATERIAL AND METHODS:This cross-sectional study was conducted between 1996 and 1997 at Unidad de Salud Laboral del Centro de Salud Pública (CSP) in Castellón, España (Public Health Center Occupational Health Unit), among 482 subjects appl...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), in the Calakmul municipality of the Campeche State, during two years. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Individuals with skin lesions were evaluated. Aspirates taken from the lesions were cultured, PCR was performed to diagnose the Leishmania species. RESULTS:The culture detected ...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.21149/spm.v57i1.7403
更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In 1978 the World Health Organization proposed as a goal the following slogan: "Health for everyone in the 2000 year". Though, to obtain the covering first assistance indicators is crucial for the evaluation work and for the analysis of the health strategies. In 1981 the World Health Organization proposed 13 indicator...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the willingness to pay of parents of teenage daughters for a vaccine against human papillomavirus in the Maule Region, Chile. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A sample of 386 parents with daughters between 12 and 18 years old, representing the five largest cities of the Region of Maule, socioeconomically s...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The right to health and its operational form, as an organized social response to health: the right to health protection, are the mainstay for the global push towards universal health coverage. The path to achieve this goal is particular to each country and relates to the baseline and specific context in relation to wh...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The profile of type-II non-insulin dependent diabetic patients is characterized by overweight; exogenous obesity originates from inadequate nourishment habits and, among other things, educational, cultural, and psychological conditions. With regard to metabolic deficiency control, the explanation is centered fundament...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Developing country governments and aid agencies face difficult decisions on how best to allocate their finite resources. Investments in many different sectors -including education, water and sanitation, transportation, and health- can all reap social and economic benefits. This report focuses specifically on the healt...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type：
doi：10.21149/8675
更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Violence against women by partners (VAWP) has been systematically studied in Mexico in the past 15 years. The aim of this paper is to reflect on the contributions on this topic in Mexico. The discussion focuses on the magnitude of this phenomenon, stressing its theoretical, methodological, and technical implications; ...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1590/s0036-36342006000800012
更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the maternal, work, and health services factors associated with a short duration of breast-feeding in working mothers. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A cross-sectional study was carried out between November 1998 and March 1999, among 265 mothers medically insured by (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, I...
journal_title：Salud publica de Mexico
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00
