Cognition, physical function, and life purpose in the rural elderly population: A systematic review protocol.

INTRODUCTION: Aging in rural settings worldwide, from the perspective of cognition, physical function, and life purpose essential constructs for a prosperous old age, still needs comprehensive discussion. This systematic review protocol aims to highlight the prevalence of cognitive decline, physical functioning, and life purpose in older adults aging in rural community settings. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: We will include cross-sectional studies published until April 2023 found in 8 databases: Embase, MEDLINE, LILACS, PsycINFO, Scopus, SciELO, and Web of Science. Ryyan software will be used for the first selection, and the Observational Study Quality Evaluation (OSQE) will assess methodological quality and risk of bias. Primary analysis will involve titles and abstracts using MeSH descriptors such as "Physical functioning," "Cognition," "Cognitive function," "Life purpose," "Elderly," "Older," "Rural aging," "Rural population," "Communities, rural," "Distribution, rural spatial," "Medium communities," "Rural settlement," "Small community." If necessary, secondary analysis will include a complete reading of selected articles by two blinded reviewers, confirmed by a third person. Publication bias will be assessed using cross-sectional analytical study quality. Sensitivity analyses will identify manuscripts significantly influencing combined prevalence of endpoints.

Avaliação da qualidade de vidade indivíduos portadores dehipertensão arterial / Evaluation the quality of lifeof individuals with arterialhypertension

Introdução: Trata-se de um estudo descritivo, comabordagem quantitativa, com o objetivo de avaliar a qualidade de vidade indivíduos portadores de hipertensão arterial. Método: A amostrafoi constituída de 339 indivíduos portadores de hipertensão, sendo 120homens e 219 mulheres cadastrados na Unidade de Saúde da Família(USF), localizada no bairro Maruípe, município de Vitória-ES. Para acoleta de dados, foi utilizada a versão em português do instrumentoWHOQOL-brief da OMS, constituído por 26 questões distribuídas pordomínios. Resultados: O domínio social apresentou uma média de 70,0;o psicológico 63,0; o ambiental 67,0; domínio global 70,5 e o físico 70,0.Conclusão: Os resultados mostram que os principais fatores de influênciade qualidade de vida são as questões de âmbito psicológico e social e queo aspecto físico não possui relevância primordial, ou seja, as limitaçõesproporcionadas pela hipertensão arterial não fazem com que os aspectosfísicos sejam os prioritários para uma boa qualidade de vida.

Introducion: This is a descripitivestudy, with a quantitative approach, that aimat evaluating the quality of life of individualswith arterial hypertension. Method: The samplewas constituted of 339 individuals120 men and219 women registered in the Unit of Health ofFamiliar (USF), located in the Mauripe quartercity of Vitoria-ES. For the collection of data,the version in Portuguese was used of instrumentWHOQOL-brief of the WHO, consisting of26 questions distributed for domains. Results:The social domain presented a average of 70,0;psychological the 63,0; ambient the 67,0; globaldomain 70,5.e physical 70,0. Conclusion: Theresults show that the main factors of influence ofquality of life are the questions of psychologicaland social scope, and that the physical aspectdoes not possess primordial relevance, that is,the proportionate limitations for the arterialhypertension, does not make with that thephysical aspects are the with priority ones for agood quality of life.