Abstract
Objectives:
to know the prevalence of mellitus diabetes, of self-reported diseases and the oral health in elderly from the Dende's Community.
Methods:
a quantitative, exploratory, documental research, approved by COETICA. All data were collected by the Núcleo de Atenção Médica Integrada - NAMI amongthe population attended at home by the University of Fortaleza from 2000 to 2005. Of 8,463 visited people, 546 (6.5%) were elderly, 96 (17.6%) bearer of mellitus diabetes. Among the 63 elderly, 41 women and 22 men (average age 69.8 years old +_ 6.9 DP) participated in the second research. Oral exams and a questionnaire were performed and analyzed through the software Statistical Package for Social Science - SPSS version 10.
Results:
The self-reported diseases were: hypertension [52(82.5%)], vision disturbs [50(79,4%)], hearing disturbs [20(31,7%)], osteoarticular problems [10(15,9%)], speech disturbs [9(14,3%)] and high cholesterol [6(9,5%)]. Considering the oral health - toothless [30(47,6%)], lesion in the oral mucosal [22(34,9%)], bad occlusion [11(17,5%)]. Among 63 elderly, 59 searched the clinic services at NAMI, 46 used medicines; 43 followed diets; 57 had toothbrushes.
Conclusion:
The high prevalence of mellitus diabetes among the elderly from Dende confirms the scientific literature data. There is a need to control its relation with systemic diseasse and oral cavities.
Keywords:
Aged; Diabetes mellitus; Oral health; Quantitative analysis; Comunidade do Dendê, Fortaleza City CE