Diabetes mellitus e autoavaliação de saúde em idosos

Abstract

It estimated the prevalence of health self-assessment as the presence of diabetes mellitus (DM) in elderly, controlling for sociodemographic, behavioral characteristics, chronic diseases and use of health services. It is a cross-sectional, population-based sample in multiple stages performed in Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul. Prevalence ratios were calculated with Poisson regression, taking into account the design effect. They interviewed 979 elderly from June to September 2012. The prevalence of DM in the sample was 24.5% (IC95%: 21.0-27.0%) and negative health self-assessment was 19.7% (IC95%= 18.023.0%). He introduced himself associated with physical activity and consumption of alcohol as a protective factor, dependence on activities of daily living (RP = 1.22 for> 2 difficulties), morbidity number (RP= 1.36 for> 4 consultations). Prevalence of negative self-assessment in elderly patients with DM was 33.1%, while the elderly who did not report DM was 16.5%. The presence of DM increased approximately 10% to negative health self-assessment after controlling for potential confounders.