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Health profile of centenarians in Portugal: a census-based approach

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dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, Oscar
dc.contributor.authorTeixeira, Laetitia
dc.contributor.authorAraújo, Lia
dc.contributor.authorPaúl, Constança
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-17T10:41:17Z
dc.date.available2016-11-17T10:41:17Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractBackground: The number of centenarians is rapidly increasing in Europe. In Portugal, it has almost tripled over the last 10 years and constitutes one of the fastest-growing segments of the population. This paper aims to describe the health and sociodemographic characteristics of Portuguese centenarians as given in the 2011 census and to identify sex differences. Methods: All persons living in Portugal mainland and Madeira and Azores islands aged 100 years old at the time of the 2011 census (N = 1,526) were considered. Measures include sociodemographic characteristics and perceived difficulties in six functional domains of basic actions (seeing, hearing, walking, cognition, self-care, and communication) as assessed by the Portuguese census official questionnaires. Results: Most centenarians are women (82.1 %), widowed (82 %), never attended school (51 %), and live in private households (71 %). The majority show major constraints in seeing (67.4 %), hearing (72.3 %), and particularly in their mobility (83.7 % cannot/have great difficulties in walking/climbing stairs and 80.7 % in bathing/dressing). In general, a better outcome was found for reported memory/concentration and understanding, with 39.1 % and 42.5 % presenting no or mild difficulty, respectively. Top-level functioning (no/mild difficulties in all dimensions concurrently) was observed in a minority of cases (5.96 %). Women outnumber men by a ratio of 4.6, and statistically significant differences were found between men and women for all health-related variables, with women presenting a higher percentage of difficulties. Conclusion: Portuguese centenarians experience great difficulties in sensory domains and basic daily living activities, and to a lesser extent in cognition and communication. The obtained profile, though self-reported, is important in considering the potential of social and family participation of this population regardless of their functional and sensory limitations. Based on the observed differences between men and women, gender-specific and gender-sensitive interventions are recommended in order to acknowledge women’s worse overall condition.pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12963-016-0083-3pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/3442
dc.language.isootherpt_PT
dc.subjectCentenarianspt_PT
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectCognition
dc.subjectFunctional status
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectCensus
dc.subjectLongevity
dc.subjectPortugal
dc.titleHealth profile of centenarians in Portugal: a census-based approachpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.issue1pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage13pt_PT
oaire.citation.titlePopulation Health Metricspt_PT
oaire.citation.volume14pt_PT
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person.givenNameLia
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