| Grant number: | 05/54947-2 |
| Support type: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |
| Duration: | December 01, 2005 - November 30, 2009 |
| Field of knowledge: | Health Sciences - Collective Health - Public Health |
| Principal Investigator: | Ruy Laurenti |
| Grantee: | Ruy Laurenti |
| Home Institution: | Faculdade de Saúde Pública (FSP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil |
| Co-Principal Investigators: | Maria Lúcia Lebrão |
| Associated grant(s): | 09/06010-2 - XIXth World Congress of Gerontology and geriatrics, AR.EXT |
Abstract
The health of the elderly is a key element for the social and economic development of Latin American and Caribbean countries. In the '50, the average life expectancy in this region was 51 years. Nowadays, it is more than 68 years, and in many countries, nearly 75. This kind of change represents a major public health challenge. The Pan American Health Organization carried out, in 2000, a multicentric study on the health and well-being of people aged 60 or more in seven Latin American and Caribbean capitals and major cities, including São Paulo. Five years later, a follow-up study is proposed. It is comprised of two sub-projects: the first aims to interview the elderly 'who participated in the first wave of the study to collect data on their present health and living conditions. The second sub-project aims to collect information on the new cohort, which is comprised of elderly whose ages range from 60 to 64 years in 2005. The sample will be composed of 400 individuals that defines a sampling fraction of 400/310694=0.001287. A sampling error of 7%, a design effect equal to 1.5 and prevalence of individuals with hypertension equal to 50% were chosen to calculate the sample size, which was corrected, considering a mortality rate of 2% and a response rate of 75%. (AU)