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1416/2012 - Factors associated with difficult in access to elderly with disabilities to health services
Fatores associados com a dificuldade no acesso de idosos com deficiência aos serviços de saúde

Author:

• Fabienne Louise Juvêncio dos Santos Amaral - Amaral, F.L.J.S. - Cabedelo, PB - Universidade Federal da Paraíba - <fabi.louise@gmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Márcia Heloyse Alves Motta - Motta, MHA - Universidade Federal da Paraíba - <marcia_heloyse@hotmail.com>
• Laíla Pereira Gomes Silva - Silva, LPG - Universidade Federal da Paraíba - <alialpg@hotmail.com>
• Simone Bezerra Alves - Alves, S. B. - Universidade Federal da Paraíba - <simonea@gmail.com>

Thematic Area:

Políticas em Saúde

Abstract:

This study proposes analyze which variables are associated with difficulty in gaining access to elderly people with disabilities to health services. This is an observational study of analytical cross-sectional character, with a sample of 244 elderly people with disabilities. Were grouped data relevant to the socio-economic profile, the characterization of the disability, and the conditions of accessibility to health services. For descriptive statistical analysis and analytical data, was used the software Statistical Package for the Social Science, version 11.0. The variables of protection to the difficulty in being treated in health services were: lack of sewers, culverts, slurry, bags of refuse, or floors broken; absence of rungs on sidewalks and existence of pavement; presence of transport; easy in marking of consultations; and the low time of waiting to be served. The sum of exposed factors shows that the architectural barriers and the current situation of health care need to be appropriate, aiming at the entrance and the full use of the elderly with disabilities to health services.

Keywords:

Aging Disabled Persons Health Services Accessibility

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Amaral, F.L.J.S., Motta, MHA, Silva, LPG, Alves, S. B.. Factors associated with difficult in access to elderly with disabilities to health services. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2012/Aug). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/factors-associated-with-difficult-in-access-to-elderly-with-disabilities-to-health-services/11008



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